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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 anoth...

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 £116,0...