A man and woman who used petrol and a machete to repel callers at their home have been spared immediate custody.
Valerie Edwards and Mark Harris deployed the weapons when Peter Zupka and Alicia Holubova called at their basement flat in Wootton Road, in the St Annes area of Bristol.
Bristol Crown Court heard that, earlier, someone had tried to steal an electric bike from Edwards and Harris and they thought those responsible had returned.
