A Scottish army sergeant cut a fellow soldier's arm to the bone with a machete after an argument in a pub.

Colour sergeant John Norwood, of 1st Battalion Scots Guards, attacked lance sergeant James Warnock at Mons barracks in Aldershot, Hampshire, on July 11 last year.

The attack followed a dispute in The George Pub in Aldershot town centre, where Norwood was punched and knocked to the ground by Warnock.

Later that night Norwood, from Pollok, Glasgow, retrieved a machete from the stores at the barracks, hoping to "put the fear of God" into Warnock.

Portsmouth Crown Court heard that at about 3am Norwood went to the wrong room, belonging to 24-year-old Craftsman Wood, where the defendant kicked the door open before swinging the blade on to the bed, missing Craftsman Wood's legs but cutting the duvet.

About two hours later Norwood found lance sergeant Warnock's room where he attacked him and swung the machete at him, slicing his arm to the bone at the shoulder.

On Thursday, the 38-year-old was convicted of wounding with intent of lance sergeant James Warnock and cleared of a second charge of attempted wounding with intent against Craftsman Nicholas Wood.

In an earlier trial at Winchester Crown Court, Norwood was cleared of the attempted murder of 24-year-old Warnock.

David Richards, prosecuting, said: "Angered for whatever reasons, maybe his pride was slighted in the pub, he worked himself into a real tizzy.

"When he was punched and knocked to the ground by the younger man, that was too much for him, so he went looking for him, determined to have it out with him."

Norwood told the trial he had taken the machete "to put the fear of God into" Warnock, and added: "I didn't want to harm anyone."

He said: "I made a reckless decision, a foolish decision, my pride was dented, my ego was dented.

"I knew I would be the butt of many jokes, many slanders. I know how the Army works and I foolishly went to his room to scare him, to salvage some dignity, that he would say, 'No, I shouldn't have done that, Colour Sergeant' - that's the only reason I did it."

Norwood will be sentenced on October 10.