A judge told a thug who attacked two women with a machete that he should be 'utterly appalled' as he jailed him for eight years.
Dale Bailey, 25, broke into a flat in Warwick Street, Leigh, at around 2am on October 19 2020.
He then attacked flatmates Wendi Reynolds and Lisa Rigby with a machete, a court heard.
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Ms Reynolds' daughter Coram Kerr was so terrified that she climbed out of a window and fell onto a car below. She was briefly knocked unconscious.
In a victim statement, Ms Rigby said: "I thought I was going to die".
She added: "I honestly thought Wendi was going to be killed that night."
A Louis Vuitton designer handbag, a mobile phone and tablet were also taken during the incident.
Bailey pleaded guilty to aggravated burglary and claimed that it was a failed attempt at collecting a drug debt, after getting the wrong address.
Jailing Bailey for eight years at Bolton Crown Court, Judge Tom Gilbart said: "This was an utterly disgraceful incident.
"The occupants of that flat were in what should have been a safe place - someone's private home.
"You broke in armed with a terrifying weapon.
"You thought you were attacking drug dealers or people connected to drugs but you were in fact inflicting violence and fear on totally innocent members of the public.
"One occupant was so terrified that she was driven to try and escape from an upstairs window and one was followed from room to room and suffered significant injuries.
"What you did will live with the victims forever.
"You should be utterly appalled by what you did.
"It was quite shocking criminality."
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