Armed men disguised in hazmat suits chase wrong victim down the street | News

Two men in hazmat suits chased an innocent man down the street with machetes in a case of mistaken identity.

CCTV footage released by North Yorkshire Police on Wednesday (November 26) shows Ben Collins and Samuel Nicholson, both 25, chasing the victim down a quiet residential street in Eastfield, near Scarborough.

The individual managed to pass the pair and escaped serious injury in what police called a “brazen attempt to cause significant harm”.

However, during the police investigation, it was revealed that the man was not the intended target.

Collins, of All Saints Road, Scarborough, and Nicholson, of Trafalgar Road, Scarborough, pleaded guilty to charges of possessing an offensive weapon, affray and attempted kidnapping. They were each sentenced to 28 months in prison.