Man faces jail after scaring teens with axe-murderer 'joke'

A British man is facing jail after pretending to kill his fiancee with an axe, in a bid to scare away nuisance teenagers.

A British man is facing jail after pretending to kill his fiancee with an axe, in a bid to scare away nuisance teenagers.

John Powell, 28, chased a ketchup-smeared and screaming Lucy Walton, 27, with the weapon – terrifying adolescents who were in a car parked on a lay-by in Windermere, Northern England.

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