A thug with a long history of crime has been jailed for a violent knife attack on two friends, one of them a father-figure who had treated him like his own son.
Drunken Jordan O'Reilly, from Radcliffe, launched a brutal assault on the two men, both in their 60s, after they had given him a lift from Rooden Court in Prestwich, on October 30.
Now O'Reilly, who celebrated his 24th birthday behind bars this weekend, has been sent to prison by a judge who dismissed his plea to be released to look after his 'poorly' mother during the coronavirus lockdown.
Asked to be taken to a working men's club, his behaviour 'became erratic' during the journey and, having arrived at the venue, he then demanded to be taken to Victoria Avenue in Blackley before
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