A knife attacker who stabbed a man nine times after having a row with his girlfriend has been jailed for six years.

The High Court in Glasgow heard that Sean Donnelly, 25, assaulted Shaun McInnes at a house in Paisley on April 20 2017.

The attack at the property on Dalskeith Crescent was sparked when Mr McInnes intervened in a row between Donnelly and his girlfriend.

Donnelly struck Mr McInnes over the head with a bottle, punched and kicked him and then pulled out a knife and stabbed him repeatedly.

Judge Lord Mulholland told Donnelly: "You pursued your victim and then attacked him. He could have died as a result of your actions."

Lord Mulholland said that if it had not been for Donnelly's early guilty plea he would have jailed him for eight years.

Donnelly, of Paisley, pled guilty to assaulting Mr McInnes to his severe injury, permanent disfigurement and to the danger of life.

His co-accused first offender Nicholas Cameron, 23, of Paisley, admitted a much-reduced charge of striking Mr McInnes on the head.

He was ordered to perform 200 hours unpaid work in the community and placed under supervision for 18 months.