Homophobic thugs spared jail after threatening to brutally murder a gay man with a meat cleaver and claw hammer

Two homophobes who drove their gay neighbour out of his home after threatening to kill him with a meat cleaver, claw hammer and boiling kettle have been spared jail. Liverpool Crown Court heard the litany of sinister threats made by Joao Alves, 72, and Ivan Bonaparte, 29, in the months leading up to July. The …...