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A former mechanic who 'lost everything' during the pandemic went on a booze-fuelled crime spree that saw him argue with a LAMPPOST, smash up a casino and brandish a knife in front of passengers on a bus.

A woman who attended court to support a knifeman who stabbed a love rival in the back in Warrington said the victim "got what he deserved".

A pair of teenagers who filmed their savage attack on a young mum at a house party have been spared jail.

jail sentence.The 24-year-old woman was lured to a house party by Rachel Chalkley and Ellie Knowles who then smashed her phone, demanded money and began stamping on her head.Our sister title The Liverpool Echo report how the incident involved Knowles, 19, beating the woman over the head with a beer bottle as her then 17-year-old accomplice filmed the 'terrifying ordeal' and egged her on.Chalkley can be heard in the footage screaming at the woman, who has not been named, forcing her to apologise.Liverpool Crown Court heard the mum is now terrified of taking her son out over fears of being recognised by associates of her attackers.Judge David Potter explained the woman was lured to the home on March 2 this year when there was a "large number