Michael Thomas Calvert, originally from Liverpool, was jailed for a total of five years for slashing a man with a knife on 18 April last year.

BBC: Michael Calvert

My anxiety was not eased by the presence of steak knives with heavy wooden handles and sharp serrated blades, and a sort of diabolical trolley that was wheeled, steaming, to the table by a stout man with a pencil mustache who with the flourish of a gleaming knife indicated the meat and demanded to know where I wanted it carved.

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Police had to draw their guns after they were allegedly attacked by a man armed with a hammer and a knife, a court in Belfast was told on Saturday.

BBC: Police 'had to draw guns' Belfast court is told

The man was being attacked with a machete-style knife, according to witness accounts cited widely in British media.

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Armed officers who attended the scene called for assistance as the man was incoherent, aggressive and armed with a knife.

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