A victim who witnessed the shocking murder of soldier Lee Rigby in London had an axe pulled out on him by a 52-year-old man in a separate incident.

In an incident in which a judge said “there is more to it than meets the eye”, Derby Crown Court heard how Roy Langdon held the weapon above his head and told the man: “Leave my area or I will chop you.”

The defendant, of Chaddesden, later told the police it was a fence he actually waved about, but when officers searched his address they found two axes inside it.

Handing him an eight-month jail term, suspended for 18 months, Judge Martin Hurst said: “The facts of this case are a little opaque and there is more to it than meets the eye, that’s for sure.

“The victim was near an Airbnb where he was staying and there was some kind of in

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