A crazed kick boxer had to be tasered twice by police after he brushed off a stab wound to his chest to go on a Rambo-style machete rampage.

Kevin Turner, 25, had been knifed during a fight in a nightclub but despite his injuries he stormed over to his car and grabbed the two-foot meat cleaver from the boot of his car.

The wounded father-of-one then ran back with the serrated blade and began swinging it wildly from side-to-side at terrified revellers as they hurled beer at him in bid to fight him off.

Three police officers called to Bar 409 club in Failsworth, near Oldham tried to overpower Turner by firing a 50,000 volt Taser gun at him but were forced to unleash a second round before he finally collapsed to the ground.

It emerged the keep fit fanatic was ''10 out of 10'' drunk after knocking back 15 bottles of tequila flavoured Desperado beer which has an alcohol content of 5.9pc. He later had surgery to repair the knife wound, which required five stitches.

At Minshull Street Crown Court Turner, from Moston, wept as he was jailed for 12 months after he admitted affray and possessing a bladed weapon place.

Kevin Turner

The 2.40am incident occurred on July 21 after Turner - an expert in Muay Thai boxing - had gone out and got drunk after a row with his girlfriend.

Prosecutor Justin Hayhoe said: “Police officers on duty were spoken to by a man who said there was another man carrying a machete in the area. They established he was going towards the 409 nightclub and was swinging a two foot black machete at the crowd of people outside the nightclub.

“The police officer opened his car door and heard lots of screaming and shouting. People were throwing beer and cups at him to make him stop. But the defendant was swinging the machete left and right at the crowd nearly hitting them. The officer feared there may be serious injuries, it was a 10 inch blade.

When asked by the police, he said he was ‘10/10 drunk’

“He was shocked by what was going on and concerned regarding the terror threat he could pose. He told Turner to drop the weapon as he was facing away from him. But Turner turned towards the officer and the machete was held high.

“The officer feared for his own safety and drew his taser. He discharged one taser and shouted at him to drop it, but he didn’t. He discharged a second taser on the defendant due to the risk and he dropped to the floor. The defendant was then arrested.

“In his interview he admitted it was a meat cleaver. He said during the incident in 409 he felt pain and then realised he had been stabbed in the fight. He ran to his car to get the weapon. The car was five minutes from the club, so he had ten minutes to calm down but still he returned to where the fight was.

“He had had 15 bottles of Desperado that night, and hadn’t been drinking for five months prior. When asked by the police, he said he was ‘10/10 drunk’.

Kevin Turner wept as he was jailed for 12 months

In mitigation defence lawyer Nicholas Flanagan said: “He is 25 and has never been before these courts before. He appreciates how serious this type of offence was and how it could have escalated and what danger was there.

“He was on a night out and was being reckless and had a lot of alcohol. He had an argument with his partner and went out on a whim.

“There was a form of altercation with people and he was stabbed to the chest in the incident. The actions after were clearly wrong, criminal and extremely dangerous. He is not someone who went out to scare people. Thinking irrationally after being assaulted himself, he wanted to scare the people who injured him.

“He understands that the people outside nightclub would have been very scared. But he never intended to use the weapon and had been a victim himself.

“He works five days a week and has a three year old child. He has had calls to the police to his house previously, his partner suffered with post natal depression and had to call the police because of arguments they had.

“His father died four years ago and had a hard last year due to illness. This affected the whole family. He suffered with depression and anxiety from then. He is of previous good character.”

Sentencing Judge John Potter told Turner: “That night you went out and very regrettably you got very drunk - 10/10 drunk to use your words, having no fewer than 15 bottles of strong alcohol.

Kevin Turner had to be tasered twice by policE

“A fight took place in the nightclub. You were not the start of it but it took place between someone and your friend. Someone acted unlawfully and stabbed you in the chest. Thankfully it wasn’t as bad as it could have been, you required five stitches, and you thankfully recovered.

“But what you should have done at that point as you will have told yourself in the days and nights since the incident is that you should have gone home or gone to the hospital for your injuries - but you didn’t.

“You did something wholly out of character and wholly stupid and dangerous. You walked from the club to your motor vehicle and acquired a most fearsome weapon, a two foot machete which had a handle of four inches and serrated edge blade.

“You started swinging it at people at the nightclub. They were throwing alcohol at you to try and stop you but the police turned up and you threatened them. The police officer was in grave danger and believed you were going to injure somebody with that sort of weapon. He got out of his vehicle and drew his taser.

“He used it twice and you fell to the floor. I cannot overlook the seriousness of this offence, so this will require an immediate custodial sentence. Mitigation includes that you have no previous convictions and this was out of character. Your pre-sentence report is impressive and I have read the letter you sent to me. The letter is realistic and comes from a man of intelligence and understanding responsibility for his wrong doings.

“You suffered your own injuries and is someone who suffered a degree of torment from the incident. I understand that your employment will be affected too. But people who behave in this way with this kind of weapon have to go to custody.”
