Man who had knife during bizarre row: 'I wanted to cut pork pie'

A man who picked up a knife during a row at a family Christmas party claimed he was using it to cut a pork pie, a court heard.But collector Nicholas Etherington, aged 51, then started waving a machete about in his home.The bizarre incident brought armed police to a quiet village on Boxing Day, Plymouth Crown Court heard. Etherington, who had been drinking in the pub, also punched his son-in-law's partner in the face.A judge has handed him a suspended sentence and ordered the two blades be...