Midlands man threatened to cut head off 'Scooby Doo' with slash hook
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A midlands man who recorded a video of himself holding a slash hook while threatening a rival has been ordered by a judge not to abuse social media.
However, 38-year-old Patrick Maughan escaped jail when Judge Catherine Staines imposed a 10-month suspended sentence on him after viewing the shocking video he posted on YouTube.
Mr Maughan, of St Mary's Road, Edenderry, Co Offaly, gave an undertaking not to post a video like it again.
In the video, posted by Mr Maughan on June 23 last year and viewed by Judge Staines at Tullamore District Court, Mr Maughan threatened to cut the head off Michael McDonald.