Three men who ran around in broad daylight trying to attack each other with machetes after getting into a row have been jailed.
The two groups had been seen entering a shop on Nigel Road, Moston on 11 April, before they started shouting at each other outside, Manchester Crown Court heard.
Cameron Wilson, 21, pulled a machete from his waistband which police said led to “a frenzy of action” when the other men also produced machetes “within seconds”.
Wilson, of Manchester was sentenced to 20 months after pleading guilty to affray and possession of a blade, while 19-year-old Mason Dean, also of Manchester, was jailed for two years after admitting to the same offences.
Brandon Dean, 23, also received a 10-month sentence after admitting affray.
At a hearing on 30 May, another defendant, aged 20, from Harpurhey, who police have not named, received a nine-month prison sentence and a 12-month suspended sentence after he was convicted of possessing a bladed article in public.
‘Incredibly violent’
The court heard CCTV captured the men entering the shop at separate times “calmly going about their business”, police said.
Once outside, “words were exchanged” and Wilson pulled out a machete.
The footage showed the men running around the street wielding the machetes and one man throwing a bottle at the other group before they all ran off.
No one was seriously hurt over the incident which the force said “happened at midday in broad daylight and left witnesses feeling distressed”.
Det Insp Kathryn McKeown said: “This sentence sees four incredibly violent and dangerous men taken off our streets.
“Running around in broad daylight attempting to attack each other with machetes is shocking and frightening for residents going about their everyday life.
“This knife-wielding frenzy could have resulted in someone losing their life and has no place whatsoever on our streets.”
