A man who attacked his neighbour faces a three-month curfew.
John Haley tried repeatedly to strike his neighbour with a pole before being disarmed.
Haley, 40, appeared at Hamilton Sheriff Court this week and admitted assaulting his neighbour on April 3 last year.
He also admitted smashing a glass panel in the door of the man's flat in Windmillhill Street, Motherwell.
Paula Wedlock, prosecuting, said the neighbour was on his way back to the flat after putting rubbish in an outside bin.
She told the court: "He was met by a female (Haley's partner) in the common close and an argument started.
"The victim's partner came out to see what was happening and Haley came out of his flat holding a blue pole.
"He tried repeatedly to strike his neighbour who eventually managed to grab it from him.
"The accused then tried to get into the victim's flat where the couple's three children were present.
"Mr Mills and his partner pushed the door closed then Haley picked up an unknown object and struck the glass panel with it."
Defence agent Eddie Robertson admitted his client had "overreacted".
The solicitor stated: "He has suffered physically and mentally through being the victim of an attempted murder in 2004.
"There is no violence on his record and I suggest what happened here is slightly out of character."
Sheriff Thomas Millar imposed an electronic tagging order that means Haley, now of Woodside Walk, Hamilton, must not leave his home between 7pm and 7am each day for three months.
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