A soldier attacked two men with a meat cleaver and knife after he caught them "cavorting" naked with his wife.

Dean Johnston, 22, of the Royal Scots Borderers, lashed out at his Army colleague Jai Kerr and his friend Jamie Dickson after walking in on the threesome in Edinburgh last October.

His wife Natalie, 21, had jumped up from in front of the fire naked when Johnston entered the living room. Mr Kerr, 21, a soldier in the same unit as Johnston who served with him in Afghanistan, was naked and Mr Dickson, 20, was wearing only boxer shorts, the court was told.

Johnston pleaded guilty at Edinburgh Sheriff Court to punching Mr Kerr on the head and body and striking him with a knife, and to striking Mr Dickson on the head with a meat cleaver.

He was due to be sentenced on Thursday but the case was deferred for Johnston to be assessed by psychiatrists.