TWO Monmouthshire men, one of which celebrated his 18th birthday in the dock, have been jailed after they assaulted a man while carrying a knife and a screwdriver.

Charlie Phelps, of Park Road, Caldicot and Connor Pate-Williams, aged 20, of Mount Pleasant, Chepstow, were sentenced at Newport Crown Court today.

Phelps, who turned 18 today, was charged with having an article with a blade or point in a public place and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Pate-Williams was charged with two counts of having an article with a blade or point in a public place along with one count of common assault.

They both pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing.

The court heard the complainant, Kyle Williams, was out with friends and family at a labour club on Newport Road, Caldicot, on January 24, of this year, when two men approached his brother-in-law and started a fight.

He said he intervened in the fight and as the two men ran away he heard one of them say 'someone is going to die tonight'.

Phelps, in his police interview, said he had been drinking and been hit in the jaw after an altercation with an older man.

Mr James said Phelps was ‘encouraged to seek retribution’ by Pate-Williams and the two men went to the latter's house where the 20-year-old gave Phelps a knife and picked up a screwdriver for himself.

The court heard both men now armed returned to the labour club.

Mr Williams said Phelps approached him outside with the knife in his right hand and pointed it at him. He said he tried to disarm Phelps by grabbing him, they both fell to the floor and in the struggle Mr Williams received double scratch marks on his wrist.

He said while he was on the floor Pate-Williams was punching him.

The court heard both defendants expressed 'remorse and shame’ and neither of them had any previous convictions.

Karl Williams, defending Pate-Williams, said his client had 'limited involvement' in the assault.

Heath Edwards, defending Phelps said his client’s behaviour was 'significantly out of character for him.'

Judge Patrick Curran QC sentenced Phelps to a four-month detention training order at a youth offending institute and Pate-Williams to 10 weeks imprisonment at a youth offending institute.

He said it was ‘immensely disappointing’ to see two young men from two good families before the court for such a serious a matter as knife crime on the street.

He added: "You should have simply left the matter where it was - both of you. If necessary called the police.

“But to go back and arm yourselves carrying a knife and a screwdriver back out in street is unforgivable."