Ex-soldier, 32, threatened to 'chop up' his partner as he stomped on her broken leg

A former "boy soldier" who threatened to "chop up" his partner and stomped on her already-fractured leg has been jailed.

Arron Chevelleau, 32, of Portslade Road, pleaded guilty to two assaults and possessing a machete, the latest in his long history of criminal activity. Alison Whalley, prosecuting, told Manchester Crown Court that Chevelleau, who joined the Army when he was just 16, most recently came to the attention of the courts after two assaults, almost two years apart from each other.

At about 2am on October 19, 2019, Chevelleau was outside Bar Rouge on Portland Street when he headbutted Troy Bell, who had allegedly made a derogatory remark about Chevelleau's mother, before punching him whilst holding his phone in his hand.

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Ms Whalley, who said there was clearly "some form of background between the two", told the court the altercation lasted less than two minutes and left the victim with a broken jaw, requiring surgery to fix.

Unfortunately, Chevelleau wasn't interviewed by police until a year later - when he told officers he couldn't remember much about the incident. Whilst this case was being brought before the courts, and Chevelleau had been released on bail pending further hearings, the aspiring chef committed another assault - the time on his partner.

According to Ms Whalley, the pair had been out drinking and taking cocaine on November 1, 2021, before returning to Chevelleau's home in Wythenshawe. At 3am, after struggling to get to sleep, his partner headed out to a nearby garage to get some more alcohol, but stumbled and fell on the way, injuring her left leg and ankle.

A worried passerby called an