Golfer reveals horror after being attacked with chainsaw

Court: Attempted murder admission

A golfer has revealed his horror at being the chosen victim of drug-addled chainsaw attacker who told him “the madness is in the eyes” before swinging the weapon towards his head.

Arthur Innes, 61, was playing at Dundee’s Caird Park Golf Club with friends on May 2 when he was confronted by Joe Henry Brown, who attacked him in front of stunned onlookers.

Mr Innes’ clothing was ripped to shreds as the bug-eyed father-of-three’s whirring blade bit into the arm he flung up to save himself.

Brown appeared at the High Court in Glasgow yesterday where he admitted attempting to murder Mr Innes with a chainsaw, assaulting a second man, Andrew Hay, supplying cannabis, and possession of drugs.

Advocate depute Owen Mullan said Brown, 45, had approached Mr Innes and two other men on the golf course and was “topless, shoeless and shouting and swearing”, with a chainsaw in his hand.

His eyes were said to be “bulging out of his head” as he hacked at Mr Innes before fleeing on to nearby dual carriageway, where he forced a driver to take evasive action.

Before his arrest, a neighbour discovered Brown in the common close of Graham Court property, where he told her he had “attacked someone with a chainsaw on a golf course”.

He asked the woman “to hit him over the head with a large stone and kill him”.

A search of Brown’s home at Graham Court, Dundee, revealed a cannabis farm, 36 ecstasy tablets and 34 grammes of cocaine.

His victim was left with a deep scar on his arm and cuts on his head and body.

Mr Innes said he hoped Brown would be locked up “for a very long time”.

Brown was represented by Ronnie Renucci QC who said psychiatric reports had been prepared and that the conclusion of the author was that much of Brown’s behaviour was attributed to his drug misuse. Sentence was deferred until October 26 and Brown was remanded in custody.

WOUNDED: Victim Arthur Innes, 61, was badly scarred in the attack