A crop picker armed with a foot-long cauliflower machetewho carried out a revenge attack on his former gangmaster has been jailed for 11 years.
Dean Millington, 35, was one of two masked men armed with bladed weapons who broke into the victim's home in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, in October 2014.
The court heard that Millington punched the victim in the face before searching the property looking for money, and eventually leaving with a handbag and £50 in cash.
At the time of the robbery, Millington was on police bail suspected of carrying out an earlier burglary on the same house when £1,500 was taken.
Judge Michael Heath, passing sentence, told Millington: 'You subjected your employer and his partner to a terrifying incident.
'This was plainly a planned offence. There was an element of revenge for some slight which you say you had suffered at the hands of your employer during the course of your employment.'
Det Sgt Joe Strydom, of Skegness CID, said: “This was a terrifying experience for the couple and a shocking incident for the residents of Spilsby. This result at court is evidence of Lincolnshire Police’s commitment to combating crime at every level and, by working closely with our communities, we will bring offenders to justice”.
The other man alleged to have been involved in the attack is still being sought by police.
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