Brandon Gibben from Billingham was on his way to school when he he said the man threatened him and chased him down Norton Road
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A teenager said he feared for his life when he was chased down a busy road by a man wielding a machete-type knife.
Brandon Gibben was on his way to school in Stockton when he said the man threatened him and chased him down Norton Road.
The 15-year-old managed to run to his school - North Shore Academy on Talbot Street - and the police were called.
Brandon, from Billingham, said: “I thought he was going to stab me. All I could do was run. I was so scared.
“There were quite a lot of people around.
“I remember one girl shouting ‘leave him alone he’s just a kid’. I was so relieved when I made it to school.”
Brandon had been in the Best Buy store on Norton Road when he was asked to leave the shop.
He said: “I go in there every morning before school - my mum drops me off there and gives me some money.”
He said that as he was leaving the shop, he was verbally abused by a customer, who he said slammed the door in his face and swore at him.
Brandon said: “I asked him what he meant and then I said ‘are you going to hit me?’
“He told me to wait where I was. He went into an alley where his bike was and came back with a machete. It was huge.”
The incident happened on Friday at about 8am.
Brandon’s mother Michelle McGloin, 37, said she is now anxious about her son going to school.
She said: “I am a nervous wreck. He has been really upset about it. It has really affected him. I just keep thinking about what could have happened. It’s a good job he is a good runner.
“The police still haven’t come to get a statement from us, which I’m not happy about.
“They went to the school after it happened and said they would come again later to get a statement, but as yet they haven’t come.
“I am very anxious about him going to school this week. What if this lad comes back? The police need to find him.”
A spokesman for Cleveland Police said: “We received a report of a boy being chased by a man with a knife in Norton Road, Stockton.
“We are requesting to view CCTV footage from the shop. We are investigating and inquiries are ongoing.”
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