Man who slit brother's throat admits assault

A former soldier who slit his brother's throat and tried to strangle him in an unprovoked, drunken assault has been given a two-year suspended sentence by Judge Michael White.

Paul Mullen, aged 35, was nicknamed 'Norman' by his brother Alan, after the Alfred Hitchcock character 'Norman Bates' in the 'Psycho' movie, because of his behaviour when drunk.