article_snippet.sent: it takes two to Tango’.
article_snippet.sent: - it might go a considerable way to mitigating the actions that followed.
article_snippet.sent: and thankfully It was stopped by Mr Mason.
article_snippet.sent: , the judge said: ‘You find yourself in a very, very sad situation as you no doubt appreciate, and it has come about because of the situation that has evolved between you and your neighbours.
article_snippet.sent: This in my view was an incident waiting to happen and my view was going to be serious and both sides were quite prepared for confrontation as and when my view arose.
article_snippet.sent: That’s the problem if the problem becomes violent
article_snippet.sent: , you never quite know where the problem is going to end - I understand that you thought the only way to respond to what was taking place was to arm yourself
article_snippet.sent: and it’s that action that the law finds unallowable and therefore criminal.
article_snippet.sent: I accept that there was a substantial amount of provocation’.