A HISTORY between two men came to a head at a house in Hoddlesden.

Brian Whitehead, 22, turned up with a wrench and in the scene which followed said he was going to kill the other man.

Preston Crown Court heard that on leaving the house, Whitehead caused £100 damage to a Volkswagen Golf car outside.

Whitehead, of Richmond Park, Darwen, admitted affray and criminal damage. He was ordered to do 150 hours community work and pay £100 compensation.

Mr Howard Bradshaw, prosecuting, said that last November, the defendant turned up at an address in Hoddlesden. Gareth Corran, 20, was at his mother's home at the time.

Mr Corran answered the doorbell and saw Whitehead and another man on the doorstep. He knew the defendant from previous encounters.

Each of the two men were carrying what looked like a metal bar, but Whitehead later admitted it was a wrench.

He said he was going to kill Mr Corran and he and his companion pushed the door open.

The pair forced their way into the house and in a struggle, Mr Corran punched the defendant and sustained a few scratches.

The two men left and, upon leaving, Whitehead damaged a car outside.

The defendant told police he had had continuing trouble from Mr Corran over the previous four years.

He alleged there had been an encounter four years ago, then another at Christmas 2000.

The day before the offences, Whitehead claimed a friend of the other man was at the rear of his home when he returned from work.

Mr Bradshaw said: "The Crown concedes there has been a history between the two men."

Judge Peter Smith said he was willing to impose a community punishment order.

He said such behaviour normally attracted prison, but he had been persuaded otherwise because of the guilty pleas, the fact that Whitehead had not misbehaved in the past, and that the other man suffered no significant injuries.