Watch: Duelling love rivals battle each other with KNIVES outside their homes

This is the extraordinary moment two neighbours took to the streets to battle each other with knives during a row over a woman.

CCTV footage shows bare-chested Alan Bishop, 40, leaving his home with a knife tucked into his trousers and heading next door to have it out with his love rival, Russell Morris, 45, after discovering his ex-girlfriend was inside.

Morris also armed himself with a blade and went outside where both men lunged and slashed at each other – leaving Bishop with puncture wounds to the arm and chest.

The horrific fight took place in full view of residents at a block of flats in London Road, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs., at 7.30am on December 7 last year.

A court heard hours before the “Wild West” stand-off Bishop banged on Morris’ door, shouting: “Get out here, you are cheating on me.”

A concerned neighbour then called the police who arrested Morris after seeing Bishop’s injuries and both men were arrested.

Speaking at the time of the fight, neighbour Dave Dixon, 30, said: “My pal was having a cup of tea and outside these two fellas were having a knife fight.

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“He said it was mad, like some kind of medieval duel.”

Prosecutor Neil Ahuja said: “The incident appears to have occurred as a result of an issue between them over Bishop’s ex-girlfriend, who was at the time in Morris’s flat.

“They engaged in what is perhaps best described as ‘Wild West’ behaviour outside the flat, armed with knives, each engaging in violence towards the other.

“Prior to the incident, at 2am, a neighbour was awoken by Bishop shouting outside the building, shouting, ‘Get out here, you are cheating on me’, and heard him banging on Morris’s door.

“There was a repeat of similar behaviour at 3am, 5am and 6am.

“The two effectively lunge at each other several times, stabbing and slashing at each other.

“They move backwards and forwards up and down the path as if in a fencing competition.”

Andrew Turnock, defending Morris, said: “It was Mr Bishop who started this incident.

“The ridiculous stand-off that followed was probably six of one and half-a-dozen of the other.

“Unfortunately trouble was brought to his door and he dealt with it inappropriately.”

Stuart Muldoon, defending Bishop, said: “He accepts and acknowledges the seriousness of this incident.”

The pair both admitted affray and possessing a bladed article at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court.

Both Morris, and Bishop, both of Stoke-on-Trent, were each jailed for a total of 20 months.