A MAN who knifed his brother in the kitchen in an explosion of violence has been jailed.

During Sheldon Gallacher's 'sustained' rage he also hurled obscenities at his mother and attacked her when she tried to intervene.

The 25-year-old of no fixed abode went to trial in March accused of wounding with intent upon his brother.

A jury at Oxford Crown Court cleared him of that charge.

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He was instead sentenced at the same court today having already admitted the wounding of his brother and assault occasioning actual bodily harm against his mother.

Prosecutors said that the violent episode took place at a house on Stowford Road, Oxford, on September 2 last year.

During the trial stabbing victim Kasey Thompson recalled that he had 'dozed off' at his home that night when he heard 'a load of shouting.'

He said his mother Marie Thompson called the police who arrived before later leaving the Barton address.

He told jurors that soon after he heard his brother Gallacher shouting from the downstairs kitchen and heard words including 'snitch' and 'whore.'

He said: "Because my mum phoned the police on him I think he felt betrayed.

"[He was] calling her a whore and the 'c word', a 'grass' a 'snitch' that sort of thing.

"I thought it was disrespectful, I went to try and calm the situation down."

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Mr Thompson said that he told his brother to calm down and to apologise but Gallacher then 'got angry.'

During the ensuing melee Gallacher knifed his brother, which resulted in a collapsed lung and a slash wound to his forearm.

His mother also suffered cuts to her fingers during the outburst.

In a victim personal statement read to the court she said her son was a 'violent person.'

She said: "My family has been ripped to pieces in the course of one night."

It was also revealed that Gallacher has a history of violent offending, with 21 previous crimes, nine of which are for violence.

In mitigation Peter Du Feu, defending, said that his client had gained a number of certificates while at prison and had expressed remorse.

Sentencing, Judge Nigel Daly called the attack 'sustained' and jailed him for 26 months. He must also pay a victim surcharge.