Manchester United have been handed a double boost on the injury front as international stars including Cristiano Ronaldo prepare to team up with their nations for the September break.
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Two young men have been jailed after a man was subjected to a vicious machete attack in Salford - “miraculously” escaping serious injury.
Rio Smith, 19, and Kieran Lawrence, 25, were both involved in the “terrifying” attack on the man in October last year, which saw Smith “hack” at the man with a machete. Geoff Whelan, prosecuting, told the Manchester Crown Court that problems began on October 3, when Smith stole the victim’s Volvo V40 after they were drinking together in a pub in Swinton and had a “falling out”.
The victim phoned several members of Smith’s family in an attempt to get his car back, with Smith threatening to “slice his face off” on at least two occasions, before the victim headed to his sister’s house in Salford the next morning where she called Smith and asked him to bring the car back so her brother could go to work.
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Smith turned up to the house in a taxi, pulled a “large machete” out of his pants and chased the victim into his sister’s house, with the siblings trying to hold the front door shut as Smith smashed one of the windows in the door with the weapon, injuring the victim’s head in the process. Smith then attempted to reach inside to open the door, punching the victim’s sister in the face as she attempted to stop him, before getting inside and chasing the victim into the kitchen, where he started hitting the man with the machete several times leaving him fearing for his life as he repeatedly screamed “I’m sorry”, apologising for calling the police over his car’s theft.
After a few minutes, Smith left the house and headed back towards the taxi, and the victim ran out of the house to see if Smith had brought
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