Man goaded armed police to shoot him after gatecrashing house party with machete

37-YEAR-OLD SHOUTED VILE AND OBSCENE ABUSE AT OFFICERS

- By PETER CRAIG

A WOMAN had to hide in a cupboard when a man brandishing a machete gatecrashed a party.

Daniel Tuplin held the 12-inch machete to a man’s throat and thrust the knife towards another after demanding to know where the woman was.

Tuplin, 37, of Pearleaf Drive, Barton-upon-Humber, admitted two offences of threatening with a weapon and a further offence of racially-aggravated public disorder in Barton on April 26 this year.

Prosecuting, Ellen Boyes told Grimsby Crown Court how friends had gathered at a home in the town for some drinks when there was a disturbance at the front door.