A drunken yob who stormed out of a Stalybridge bar after a bust up was allowed back in to finish his beer - just moments after threatening door staff with a kitchen knife.
Andrew Perry, 43, left the Back To The 80s bar on Market Street after being involved in a heated argument with a group of women.
He returned to the bar an hour later armed with the blade demanding to be readmitted. Despite pressing the weapon into a bouncer's chest and threatening to slash the manager's neck, he was allowed back in after giving the doorman a hug.
He was even advised to hand in the knife at reception and collected it at the end of the evening. READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community At Minshull Street Crown Court, Perry, of Foundry Street, Dukinfield, was jailed for 15 months after he admitted two charges of threatening another person with a bladed article and the possession of a bladed article.
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