Sign up for the MyWigan newsletter for the biggest stories direct to your inbox A pair of thugs attacked two women with a machete after breaking into their flat at 2am, before stealing a designer handbag.
Dale Bailey, 25, and a 17-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, shouted 'give us the money' as they kicked down the door of the home in Warwick Street, Leigh, on October 19 last year.
Wendy Reynolds had been listening to music with her daughter, and flatmate Lisa Riley, when she heard a bang outside, prosecution barrister Kate Hammond told Bolton Crown Court. READ MORE: Family of Amanda Selby, 15, pay tribute to 'caring and thoughtful' teenager as brother appears in court charged with her murder Ms Reynolds saw Bailey
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