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A dad has been jailed after threatening to kill his wife and three children during a row about him arriving home late and drunk following a 12 hour pub binge.
Lee Wright, 42, held spouse Jodie and their children aged 13, 11 and three, hostage in a bedroom at their house last May after he was confronted for returning home drunk in the early hours despite saying he was just popping out for cigarettes.
During the terrifying rampage Wright, of Cemetery Road, Salford, who was armed with a kitchen knife shouted at Jodie: ''Do you want me to stab you?'' - then called police himself and warned: ''If you turn up to the house, you will find four bodies inside”, Manchester Crown Court heard.
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The terrified children wept with terror during the incident and were said to have pleaded, 'please don't kill us daddy' as Wright headbutted a wardrobe, hurled items across the floor and pulled the TV off the wall.
He was eventually arrested after storming out of the family home in Weaste, Salford to sit in his van.
When quizzed by police he gave no comment in interview before closing the session by saying: “It’s all bulls**t anyway.”
James Preece, prosecuting said, “On the afternoon of the 29th of May 2023, the defendant left the family home saying he wanted to get some cigarettes. When he did eventually return it was 1:30am the following morning.
“One of the children heard the defendant come into the house and saw him talking to himself in the kitchen. He was clearly quite heavily intoxicated. When Jodie came downstairs and
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