A former Watrerloo Road star has been jailed after threatening a family with a machete. Craig Fitzpatrick, 34, who starred in the BBC drama, turned up to his victims' home with his cousin after a volatile 'family dispute'.
He threatened them with a machete and smashed the windows of their home during a drink and drug fuelled tirade. Fitzpatrick, whose other credits include Shameless and Holby City, was jailed for 18 months after pleading guilty to possession of a bladed article and affray.
Manchester's Minshull Street Crown Court heard that Fitzpatrick was 'highly intoxicated and under the influence of drugs' when he arrived with the weapon on August 27.
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