Coseley father who swung sword at passer-by jailed
A father of three who held a samurai sword at the throat of a passer-by and threatened to kill him while his young daughter screamed in horror has been jailed for 10 months.
Ali Beiranvano was walking pass the home of Tony Broadley, who shouted abuse at him and called him a 'foreigner'.
When Mr Beiranvano asked why he had shouted at him, one of Broadley's friends used a swear word to warn him he was in trouble, the court was told.
Broadley, aged 29, of Edge Street, Coseley, then re-appeared with the sword and held it to the victim's throat, swung it at his head and said he was going to kill him, Wolverhampton Crown Court heard.
Mr Alexander Barnfield, prosecuting, said Broadley lifted the sword and lowered it onto Mr Beiranvano's head three times. The attacker's seven-year-old daughter begged him to stop, the court was told.
A statement by Mr Beiranvano, who has lived in England since 2010, was read to the court. He stated: "Throughout the incident I was afraid for my life and I thought I was going to die."
He said since the incident on June 4 last year his wife had suffered with depression.
Broadley, who admitted affray, originally claimed he had been defending himself as the victim had a knife, but this was rejected by Recorder Tracey Lloyd-Nesling at a previous hearing.
Mr Mukhtar Ubhi, defending, said his client had forfeited a collection of knives to the police and had changed his behaviour.