Man jailed for threatening ice cream van owner with samurai sword

A man has been jailed after threatening an ice cream van owner with a samurai sword as she served three children.Jamie Tickle, 24, from Haydock, had been taking cocaine and was drunk when he climbed into the back of Nuntaporn Watkinson's ice cream van while waving a samurai sword on 1 July.In a victim impact statement, Mrs Watkinson, 34, said: "I had thoughts of being killed and never seeing my children again.