Suspended sentence for axeman who made threats in car park outside Wigan borough supermarket
A man who threatened someone with an axe in a supermarket car park has been given a suspended prison sentence.
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Adam Willerton, 39, of Sandringham Drive in Leigh, wielded the axe at John Saro outside Asda in Leigh on July 2.
Judge Timothy Clayson imposed a 16-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, when Willerton appeared at Bolton Crown Court.
He must do 30 days of rehabilitation activities and pay a victim surcharge of £187, while the axe must be forfeited.