A KNIFE thug who brutally slashed a man in a Clydebank street later boasted to police: “I done him – simples”.

George Linton, from Dalmuir, attacked a man in May this year.

A judge heard the pair knew each other as their partners were sisters.

But, a confrontation between the men ended up with the victim being scarred for life.

Linton – who already had a history of violence – has now been jailed for five years at the High Court in Glasgow.

The 39 year-old had pleaded guilty to assaulting his victim to his injury and permanent disfigurement.

Linton's partner and the victim's girlfriend are sisters.

The attack happened close to Linton's lover's home in the town on May 21.

The thug was clocked with a large blade – later described as “the biggest knife” in the block it came from.

The victim backed off, but Linton then “swiped” at him.

Prosecutor Bernard Ablett said: “He put a hand up to the area of his face and felt blood dripping from his cheek and neck.”

The 34-year-old went to hospital – but initially claimed he had been robbed by a mystery man.

Police later held Linton on a separate matter and he stated: “I was expecting yo to turn up this morning.”

He was quizzed about the attack and admitted: “I done him. I slashed him. Simples.”

Linton claimed the weapon was “like a butcher's knife”.

He told police the victim had apparently turned up at his girlfriend's home then shouted at Linton to come out and “be a man”.

The court heard the victim suffered a cheek wound just below the right eye.

Lorraine Glancy, defending, said Linton – despite his criminal past – had “stupidly” gone out when the victim was said to have shouted for him.

Lady Stacey said: “The courts have to take an extremely serious view on individuals who take out a large kitchen knives and use them.”