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Drunken yob threatened police with 20 inch machete before launching racist tirade of abuse

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For the latest news from in and around Oldham sign up to the MyOldham newsletter here A ‘drunken yob’ threatened police officers with a 20 inch machete before launching a racist tirade of abuse.

Darren Lees, 30, was inside his friends house in Oldham when officers attended who were investigating a disturbance earlier that day.

Officers went upstairs to find Lees hiding under the bed, before jumping out and brandishing the blade, Minshull Street Crown Court heard.

In a standoff, an officer asked him to put down the weapon and reached for his taser. But, Lees, of no fixed abode, ran out of the room and down the stairs, still carrying the machete.

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