A man has been charged after an elderly couple were robbed in their own home in Oldham.
08.12.2021 - 13:03 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A drunk yob jumped on cops and spat at them in a bid to stop them arresting his machete-wielding brother.
Connor Lees, 25, was 'bouncing around' when police arrived at an home in Oldham to arrest his brother Darren Lees, 30, (pictured above) who was armed with a 20-inch machete.
Both men have been jailed.
Prosecutor Claire Brocklebank told Minshull Street Crown Court police went to a house on Bankfield Drive following reports of a disturbance at 3.30pm on September 23 last year.
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