A MARRIED man threatened to cut another man's head off and put him in a wheelie bin after discovering him in bed with his former mistress.
Bret Harrison, who had previously had a relationship with the woman, had been texting her that night after drinking ten pints, Nottingham Crown Court heard.
After getting no response he went to her home in Heanor.
The married 33-year-old saw a bedroom window open and used a ladder to climb in, the court heard.
In the bedroom he found the woman with the other man.
Harrison, from Newlands Drive, Heanor, stood over him with a knife with a three-inch blade. He told the man to get his clothes on and together they went downstairs to the living room.
Harrison held the knife out and asked the man if he had had sex with the woman, but this was denied.
"He [Harrison] said, 'if you lie to me again, I will cut off your head and put you in a wheelie bin'," said Karen Davenport-Coles, prosecuting.
At the end of his ordeal last September, the man asked if he could get his trainers and Harrison told him he could go. His victim then contacted police.
Meanwhile, the woman was still in the house and she woke up at 4.30am to find the defendant standing over her.
Harrison said police were at the door and she should lie to them. Initially, she told officers Harrison was allowed to be there, but later told them the truth.
The court heard in mitigation that Harrison had consumed at least ten pints.
Harrison's relationship with the woman was informal and very much fuelled by alcohol.
The court heard last September he behaved in a way completely at odds with who he was and was drinking more and more. He has now reconciled with his wife and has stopped drinking.
He entered a guilty plea to common assault.
Judge Michael Stokes QC told him his behaviour had been frightening for the man.
"You have been saved from immediate imprisonment by your wife and for no other reason. You ought to be at least grateful to her.
"Despite your dishonest and unfaithful conduct towards her, she has forgiven you."
He gave Harrison a community order for 12 months, 100 hours of unpaid work and a curfew for two months. He also has to pay �200 towards the cost of the prosecution.
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