Thug with "flagrant disregard for people or property" is jailed

A young man whom Wigan magistrates say has a "flagrant disregard for people and property" has been given a six-month jail term for threatening unlawful violence.
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Callum Hugill, 23, of Back Market Street in Leigh, appeared before the bench to change a previous not guilty plea to guilty on a charge concerning threats on March 9 last year.

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The offence in turn put him in breach of a conditional discharge the court had previously handed down for being armed in Wigan town centre with a knife also in March 2022.

As well as the prison sentence he has to pay £154 to victim services.