Thug walks free after machete attack on dad
TEENAGER USED KNIFE AFTER MAN REFUSED TO LET HIM SEE HIS DAUGHTER
A DAD was cut with a machete after refusing to let a teenager see his daughter.
Kade Huddart drove to a quiet cul-de-sac in Salford, rang the bell and demanded to speak to ‘Amy.’
Her father Mark Wolstencroft turned him away and when he asked how he knew his daughter, Huddart produced the knife and made a deep cut on his hand.
The 19-year-old, of Rake Lane, Swinton, admitted unlawful wounding and having a machete in a public place at Manchester Crown Court.
Judge Martin Walsh sentenced him to 21 months in a young offenders institution, suspended for two years. Mr Wolstencroft had just arrived back at his Worsley home at 10.15pm in January when he and his wife, who was in bed, heard a car speed onto the road, turn around and park outside their house.
Huddart, who was driving the white Vauxhall Insignia, beeped the horn twice before getting out of the car and ringing the doorbell.
As Mr Wolstencroft was partially clothed, his wife opened the door.
He demanded to speak to ‘Amy’ and when her mother told Huddart that she was in bed and unavailable, he became ‘agitated.’
Mr Wolstencroft then came to the door and Huddart said ‘What the f*** has it got to do with you?’
Huddart went back to the car and was followed by Mr Wolstencroft, who demanded to know how he knew his daughter. Huddart, who was at the back of his car, then produced what Mr Wolstencroft thought was a metal bar.
Believing he was in danger, Mr Wolstencroft raised his hands towards the object and immediately felt severe pain. Huddart had actually produced a large knife, described as a machete.
He got back in the car and sped off.
Mr Wolstencroft was able to remember part of the vehicle’s number plate and his wife called the police.
He suffered a deep cut to his thumb and lost about half of the movement in the hand.
Stella Massey, defending, said Huddart had no intention of harming his victim, and has genuine regret for what happened.
She said he has suffered ‘tragedy’ and ‘violence’ in his life, and has had a lack of stability.
Huddart was also handed 200 hours of unpaid work and a 50-day rehabilitation activity requirement.