A BLAENAVON man brandished a knife in the street during a disturbance outside his home, a court heard.

Cardiff crown court heard that Mohammed Awan had a breadknife down the front of his trousers and he told his partner's brother: "This is for you."

Awan, 34, of Park Street, admitted a charge of affray.

He was given a conditional discharge for one year.

He denied charges of witness intimidation of possessing an offensive weapon and it was directed they lie on the file.

Prosecutor Peter Heywood said that at about 9pm on July 6, 2006, police were informed that a disturbance was taking place in Park Street.

Awan had gone into the street armed with a knife and was making threatening comments and remarks to his partner's brother, Gerwyn Watkins.

Awan, said Mr Heywood had been abusing alcohol and this had caused friction in the family.

Awan later accepted, said Mr Heywood, that he had possession of the knife at the time of the affray.

The court heard he had two previous convictions for common assault and had been remanded in custody for 188 days, the equivalent of a six month sentence.

His counsel Meirion Davies said a bereavement had caused Awan and his partner great trauma.

A week before the incident a neighbour attacked Awan and he had been treated at Nevill Hall Hospital, the court heard.

"The hostility and anger were not one way," said Mr Davies.

He said it was conceded Awan had had trouble with alcohol and did not have a clear recollection of what happened.

Recorder Charles Fox said: "This all happened a long time ago now. It was not something you should have done in a public street. Affray is a serious conviction."