A man who stabbed a fellow pub customer three times has been jailed for four years and four months.
Andrew McCann, 24, from Paisley, attacked Brian Gallagher in the town's Caledonia Bar on 30 May after the victim punched him during a row.
He fled but was later identified from witness statements, CCTV and DNA.
McCann was originally charged with attempted murder but had his guilty plea accepted to the lesser charge of assault to the danger of life.
Jailing McCann, judge Lord Burns told him: "You clearly had violence on your mind when you went out that night. The blows you inflicted could have killed that man."
Heated argument
The High Court in Glasgow heard that McCann had been involved in a heated argument with a number of customers in the bar just before the stabbing.
Mr Gallagher, who had been sitting at a nearby booth, took exception to his conduct and punched him on the side of his head.
McCann stabbed Mr Gallagher three times before he was wrestled to the ground and assaulted by a number of men in the pub.
The attack stopped when a number of women broke it up and McCann left the pub.
The court heard that the victim was stabbed in the chest, abdomen and back and doctors were of the opinion his injuries were potentially life threatening.
McCann was identified by many of the witnesses in the pub and from CCTV images in the bar.
His jacket also had spots of blood matching the victim's DNA profile.
