Raging Birmingham machete man breaks into HMO seeking revenge

A frenzied hoodlum seeking revenge has been jailed after breaking into a house in multiple occupation (HMO) in Birmingham armed with a machete and causing damage inside.

Bobby Dwyer, 22, broke into the property in Acocks Green, in the early hours of September 28, and left the occupants in a state of terror.

The armed thug carried out an aggravated burglary at the HMO and started smashing up property before forcing his way into a bedroom.

The fearful tenants phoned the police and officers arrived at the scene to find Dwyer “raging” outside the HMO and seeking revenge over a dispute.

A police spokesperson, said: “Dwyer became abusive to our officers and spat at one before we arrested him and took him into custody.”

The furious thug was uncooperative but officers managed to recover a large amount of evidence at the scene including the machete he came armed with, a mobile phone he left behind and blood on a window.

Dwyer issued an early guilty plea to charges of aggravated burglary, criminal damage, possession of an offensive weapon and assaulting an emergency worker at Birmingham Crown Court and was sentenced to six years in prison.

DC Jennifer Horobin, from the High Harm Team at Stechford, said: “This must have been terrifying for the people inside the property at the time.

“After he broke into the property and caused considerable damage he then spat at an officer before being arrested.”