Teen caught with 20-inch machete and huge kitchen knife just months after attacking stranger in Co-op

A teenager was caught with a 20-inch machete hidden in his trouser leg just months after attacking a stranger in a Co-op.

Tino Williams, 19, was seen walking around the city centre with the outline of the blade visible through his trousers in July last year.

He tried to flee but was arrested, and whilst being bundled into the police van, officers found another knife measuring ten-inches.

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Minshull Street Crown Court heard that baseball bat-wielding Williams smashed his way into a family in Ramsbottom in April, last year, with others.

The group were looking for a specific person in relation to a drug debt, of which Williams wasn’t involved in, but was there to ‘enforce it’.

After the police arrived, he tried to flee, but once they drew their tasers he stopped.

When he was arrested he was found with a hammer and a pocket knife.

Four months later, on August 14, Williams, of Tottington, Bury, and another man were approaching the Co-op store at around 9.15pm when they came across a man who was standing outside on the phone.

“At the time, for no reason, this defendant decided to throw money at him. He later said in his police interview that he thought it was somebody he knew,” prosecutor David James said.

“When the defendant went into the shop, the complainant followed him and challenged why he had assaulted him in this way.

“This defendant started to goad the man, saying ''Come on then” and then threw a punch at the complainant's face.

“The complainant responded by rugby tackling him to the ground and holding him there.”

Williams and the other man began to punch the victim, members of staff intervened and removed them all from