A man who attacked his brother in the street with a samurai sword was jailed for 15 months yesterday.

Shahid Karim, 25, decided to confront his brother who was in a parked car in Middlesbrough.

He sliced into the car's roof, smashed a window and thrust the sword at his terrified brother, Teesside Crown Court was told.

Frightened passers-by called police and Karim surrendered to an armed response unit, who raced to the scene in Southfield Road, Middlesbrough.

He spent more than three months in prison waiting to be sentenced, and during that time he completed training courses in English and maths and rugby and football coaching, said Dan Cordey mitigating.

Karim made a full confession in pre-sentence interviews with a probation officer, who reported that he was not a danger to the general public.

His parents were willing to give him a home on his release, and his brother would move out.

Judge Peter Armstrong told Karim:"It must have been a terrifying incident for your brother and anyone else witnessing this, so much so that the armed response unit was called and you gave up when they arrived.

"The pre-sentence report view is that you are not a risk to the public, and that is reflected in the reduced sentence which I am imposing."

Karim of Waterloo Road, Middlesbrough, was jailed for 15 months after he pleaded guilty to the June affray, threat to kill, and possession of an offensive weapon.