A father-of-two says his family have been left 'scared to death' after two brazen thugs tried to steal his wife's car from their family home.
Darren Driver, 47, was sat in his home on Hallbottom Street, in Newton, on Friday evening, October 22, as wife Heather headed out to pick up their 18-year-old son Jacob from work.
When the 43-year-old opened the door, she saw two men around her Fiat 500, and screamed for her husband's help.
Darren rushed to grab his trusty 'tree lopper' to defend himself, and headed outside to try and scare the pair off.
He said: 'It was just a normal Friday night, my wife went to the chippy for tea and my daughter Grace, she's 14, was upstairs watching something.
'My son gives his mum a ring at about 9.40pm to pick him up from work so she gets her keys, opens the front door to the porch and sees two fellas around her car.
'They're yelling at her 'stay in the house, we just want the car' so I grabbed my tree lopper to defend myself - the end fell off so it was just basically a big stick - and they ran off.
Heather Driver opened her door, preparing to pick up her 18-year-old son from work on October 22, when she was presented with two car jackers trying to break into her Fiat 500 on Hallbottom Street, in Newton
Father-of-two Darren Driver, 47 (pictured), scared off the two men, emerging from his house with a tree lopper in hand, which he waved at the intruders
'Then they came back to try and get the OBD reader from the front seat and smashed the front window.'
Fortunately, one of Darren's neighbours came out at this point, and was able to help him chase the pair off for good - but the family were left shaken and worried that the crooks might try to come back later that evening.
Despite the damage, the family were able to take the Fiat to
