For the latest news from in and around Wigan sign up to the MyWigan newsletter here A thug yelled "get the gun and run them over" as police handcuffed him following a burglary at a JD Sports store.
Kieran Murphy was part of a gang who raided a branch of the sport-fashion retailer in Wigan with a power saw in the early hours of May 8.
Police officers found the 24-year-old 'struggling to get out of the broken shutters' and managed to arrest him. He then called out for help to an accomplice in a waiting Audi before the vehicle drove towards the officers at speed.
Murphy, who was once labelled "a disgrace to his family" by a judge after a dangerous 120mph police chase, was jailed for nearly 35 months this week, the Liverpool Echo reports.
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