A thug who battered his pensioner neighbour with a spade after a row erupted into violence has dodged jail and been ordered to pay him £1,500 compensation.
Jim Stevenson, 58, had been friends with James Woodside, 73, but had fallen out over a minor dispute.
Mr Woodside had been putting rubbish out when he heard a window being banged and turned to see Stevenson staring at him.
