Teen had machete and 10-inch blade

A TEENAGER was caught with a 20-inch machete hidden in his trouser leg just months after attacking a stranger in a Co-op.

-  AMY WALKER

Tino Williams, 19, was seen walking around the city centre with the outline of the blade visible through his trousers in July last year.

He tried to flee but was arrested, and whilst being bundled into the police van, officers found another knife measuring ten inches.

Minshull Street Crown Court heard that baseball bat-wielding Williams had smashed his way into a family home in Ramsbottom in April, last year, with others.

The group were looking for a specific person in relation to a drug debt, of which Williams wasn't involved in, but was there to 'enforce it.'

After the police arrived, he tried to flee, but once they drew their tasers he stopped.

When he was arrested he was found with a hammer and a pocket knife.