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| A man has admitted culpable homicide after the death of his brother in Aberdeen with a single knife wound. | |
| Jeffrey Forbes was 39 when he stabbed his older brother Scott - a father-of-five - who was 41. | |
| Mr Forbes was found dead at a flat in the city's Tullos Circle after the incident in February. | Mr Forbes was found dead at a flat in the city's Tullos Circle after the incident in February. |
| Forbes, now 40, admitted culpable homicide at the High Court in Edinburgh. Sentence was deferred for background reports. | |
| The court heard Forbes stabbed his brother to death after he was taunted about not being able to have children. | |
| He was originally charged with murder, but admitted the reduced charge. | |
| The court heard that unemployed Forbes had phoned his older brother, a former fishworker, asking him to come to his house. | |
| Both men were drinking, but advocate depute Pino Di Emidio said later that night two 999 calls were made by Jeffrey Forbes requesting police at his home. | |
| It was a silly fight. I wish I had never invited him over. I only meant to scare him Jeffrey Forbes | |
| During the first call he said his brother was at his home and was smashing his property. A voice in the background was heard saying: "I can't get out officer. I am locked in." | |
| Jeffrey Forbes then made a second call shortly after midnight in which he was in a state of considerable distress. | |
| He said his brother had headbutted him and gone into the kitchen and got a knife. | |
| The weapon was later put on the arm of a chair in a computer room, but the argument had resumed. The court heard Scott Forbes approached his brother and that he thought he was going to be assaulted again. | |
| 'Considerable provocation' | |
| He picked up the knife and struck the fatal blow which penetrated the right hand side of his brother's body. | |
| Police arrived at the house and Forbes told them: "My brother is in the other room. I don't know if he is breathing." | |
| The man's body was found inside the Tullos Circle house | |
| He was later declared dead. | |
| Forbes later told police: "He pushed me too far. Why didn't he just leave me alone. | |
| "It was a silly fight. I wish I had never invited him over. I only meant to scare him." | |
| Defence counsel David Burns QC said that before the fatal blow was struck the older brother had been smashing various items at his Forbes' home, including photo frames with the victim's children. | |
| He said: "This was a familiar subject of argument between the brothers. | |
| "He, the deceased, said to the accused that he could not have children. That was a familiar theme in the relationship between the brothers." | |
| 'Tragic case' | |
| He explained: "This was a single blow with a knife introduced not by the accused, but by the deceased. It was struck under a very considerable degree of provocation." | |
| Mr Burns said it was "a highly tragic case" but added that he would be asking the judge to accept that it was "at the lower end of the scale of culpability". | |
| Temporary judge John Morris QC deferred sentence on Forbes for a background report and remanded him in custody. | |
| Relatives of the victim said after his death: "Scott was a fantastic and loving partner, son and dad of five. He will be sorely missed by all the family." | Relatives of the victim said after his death: "Scott was a fantastic and loving partner, son and dad of five. He will be sorely missed by all the family." |