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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Rachel Smith & James McNeill

Couple took 'law into their own hands' as they beat woman and chased boyfriend with machete

A couple took the "law into their own hands" after chasing a man down the street with a machete and beating up his girlfriend.

Reece Davies, 31, and Tara McKenna, 28, turned vigilante when they set upon Callum Holden and his girlfriend Jessica Williams in Brisbane Place, Blackpool. A court heard how the couple were out for revenge as the believed Mr Holden was responsible for stabbing Davies in front of their young daughter in February 2019, reports LancsLive.

Preston Crown Court was told of the background to the incident. On April 25 2019, Mr Holden was getting out of his girlfriend's car when they saw Davies run towards the vehicle. Davies kicked the wing mirror but as Ms Williams drove away she saw Davies holding a machete, and heard him shout: "You're a dead man" at her boyfriend.

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