Machete teen launched ‘terrifying’ attack outside Tattoo parlour A pair of youths armed themselves with a machete and samurai sword then set about another man as he enjoyed a cigarette outside a Toothill tattoo parlour, a court heard. One of the two, a 16-year-old boy who cannot be named as he is under 18, was sent down for two years and four months at Swindon Crown Court for what the judge labelled a “terrifying” daytime attack. Judge Jason Taylor QC said: “You approached another young male who was outside a tattoo shop where he was attending an appointment but he went outside to smoke a cigarette. He was therefore clearly targeted.
Russell Bastow Picture: WILTSHIRE POLICE A burglar whose record for breaking and entering dates back to 1993 has been jailed for his latest house raid. But Russell Bastow was spared the mandatory minimum sentence of three years usually given to “third strike” burglars after a judge at Swindon Crown Court heard the 41-year-old had turned his life around. He was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment.
Cannabis gardener discovered in his pants A cannabis gardener was found in a £116,000 Gorse Hill drug factory wearing only a pair of underpants, a court heard.
Cannabis found by police in the house Picture: WILTSHIRE POLICE Albanian national Mirjan Smakaj was said to have been tricked into working at the cannabis factory -located in a terraced home in Omdurman Street - by fellow countrymen.