The prosecution told the court the men had scouted her home and were on their way to attack her armed with the sword, threeknives, two hammers, masks, gloves, hosepipe and a makeshift body bag, when they were arrested in Cullompton, Devon.
This is the mass production that China is famed for, with the company today employing a total of 1, 500 people and making around seven million pairs of scissors and three million knives a year.