By Emma Reynolds PUBLISHED: 07:42 EST, 3 December 2012 | UPDATED: 08:31 EST, 3 December 2012 Two neighbouring families were caught on video during a half-hour street brawl with paint tins, a machete, sticks and a chair, a court heard. The fight was triggered when Gary Shackleton, 26, and Andrew Dixon, 44, clashed outside their homes in Newcastle and then went indoors to gather makeshift weapons and family members. Shackleton came out with a heavy tin of paint, which he smashed into Dixon's head, before his  brother Paul followed him out carrying a stick, Newcastle Crown Court heard. Vicious: The families brawl outside their homes using chairs, sticks and even a machete as makeshift weapons
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Gary Shackleton punched neighbour he said was trying to steal from him
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Both went into their homes to get makeshift weapons and family members
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Andrew Dixon hit Shackleton with stick and broken chair
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Shackleton, who has 59 convictions, left needing 25 stitches to head
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His family were evicted in 2007 for drunkenness, vandalism and thefts
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His mother had been falsely claiming benefits in her sister's name
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