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Three sisters laughed as they were spared jail after admitting swinging a hammer in a man's face in a homophobic tirade.
Single mothers Leanne, 32, Louise, 29, and Samantha Whelan, 33, yelled vile abuse at Peter Taylor after he tried to stop them confronting two of his family friends.
Pregnant Leanne, swung the weapon in his face before she and her sisters called him a 'queer' and a 'f****'.
The women, of Wirral, admitted engaging in threatening behaviour, but were allowed to walk free from Liverpool Crown Court despite a catalogue of previous offences, including assaulting a police officer.
The judge spared them jail because locking them up would cause 'significant harm' to their children, who range in age between seven months and 13.