Shot. [Chilling moment thugs square off in brazen broad daylight machete showdown: Abdul Kefia and Twayne Bailey confronted each other with the weapons in Newcastle city centre, Mirror UK, April 6, 2019]:

Chilling footage captures the brazen moment two young thugs confront each other with machetes in a city centre.

Abdul Kefia pulled the fearsome blade from his hoodie after an argument with Twayne Bailey turned vicious.

A court heard Bailey then took a huge machete out of his friend’s rucksack before the two men faced up to each other in Newcastle.

CCTV cameras recorded Kefia, 26, running towards Bailey, 21, while swinging his machete.

Bailey then threw his weapon in the direction of the older man in a desperate bid to stop him in his tracks, Chronicle Live reports.

Newcastle Crown Court heard the men then chased each other with the blades.

But Kefia was on Friday jailed for 20 months for affray and possession of an offensive weapon. Bailey’s 11-month prison sentence for the same offences was suspended for two years.

Kefia denied the offences but Bailey admitted them.

Sentencing them, Recorder Andrew Haslam said: “People arming themselves with offensive weapons can’t be tolerated by this court.

“There is no good reason for anyone to have a machete in their possession in public.”