Noel Rhone, of Towers Avenue, Deane, had been in an altercation together with his neighbour, Bolton Crown Courtroom was instructed.
The defendant was charged with affray in December of final yr, which Rhone pleaded responsible to.
The neighbour and Rhone had been maintaining a friendship till final yr, the court docket was instructed.
Prosecuting, Katie Durham mentioned this coincided with the neighbour getting right into a “identical intercourse relationship”, which triggered the rupture within the neighbours’ friendship.
She mentioned Rhone had disputes with the neighbour over parking points, “specifically guests parking in entrance of or subsequent to his property”, ensuing within the neighbour parking down the road.
On December 2, 2025, a customer parking close to Rhone’s handle had made him “lose his mood”.
The neighbours had been arguing over parking on the time of the incident, when Rhone lunged at her neck after which pushed her, she then kicked him to the bottom “in self-defence” and walked off.
As soon as he received again up, he went inside his property and got here again out with a sword, coming in direction of his neighbour saying “I’ll chop your head off.”
The sword was likened to a “katana”.
The defendant received into the passenger seat of a van and threatened to cut her head off when he got here again.
Defending, Peter Gilmour mentioned the defendant was affected by emotional points on the time, together with a member of the family identified with most cancers, and the lack of his mother and father.
Mr Gilmour mentioned that Rhone has grown-up kids and grandchildren, in addition to being in “good character” for all of his life.
Choose Benjamin Lawrence mentioned Rhone had used an offensive slur in opposition to the neighbour and Rhone additionally mentioned she was the issue.
Choose Lawrence added: “In an argument you shouted, she known as you a bully, you lunged at her neck then you definately pushed her, she feared for her life, and also you left a small reduce.
“She kicked you to the ground and walked away, and after you picked up a sword and threatened to cut her head off and put her home windows via.
“Residents had been additionally current.”
Rhone was sentenced to 14 months suspended for 18 months.
The decide mentioned he handed down a suspended sentence as a consequence of Rhone, having a household and of standard good character.
Rhone additionally has to serve 100 hours of unpaid work, as properly pay a effective of £500 to be paid again at £100 a month, as he’s receiving a pension.
Choose Lawrence mentioned: “You shouldn’t have been right here within the first place; don’t come again right here once more.”