article_snippet: Robert Mochrie, defending, said: 'There is no escaping the fact that this could have ended up being a murder charge.
article_snippet: It's perhaps the good fortune of both the complainant and the defendant that the heart wasn't touched by another five-inch blade.'
article_snippet: It's a real tragedy that Robert Mochrie has landed Robert Mochrie if this position but Robert Mochrie knows there's no escaping that,' Robert Mochrie said.
article_snippet: It's a mercy that [the victim wasn't killed and that you're not facing a murder charge quite frankly.'
article_snippet: I accept that you are genuinely remorseful for everything that's happened,' The judge, Recorder Jamie Hill QC added.