Crazed drug addict attacked golfer in broad daylight

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by repeatedly punching him on the body, seizing him by the head and pushing him to the ground.

At Glasgow High Court yesterday, a defence agent acting on behalf of Brown said he took “full responsibility” for his actions but asked for leniency due to his mental state and cocaine addiction.

Lord Matthews handed Brown eight years and three months in prison, with a further three years’ supervision on his release.

The court previously heard Brown approached Mr Innes and two others on the golf course while holding a chainsaw.

He walked up to Mr Innes’s friend Ian Martin while smiling and said: “Madness is in the eyes, madness is in the eyes.”

His eyes were said to be “bulging out of his head” and he appeared to be heavily under the influence of drugs.

He then ran towards Mr Innes, who tried to block the chainsaw while wedged between two cars.

The chainsaw inflicted a head wound before striking Mr Innes on the upper arm, causing a two-inch cut.

Brown dropped the chainsaw nearby and fled, running into a nearby residential area where he appeared on the doorstep of a Kingsway resident.

In mitigation, his defence agent said: “Things in Mr Brown’s life had started to go wrong.

“The strain and pressure became too much for him and he turned to drugs, in particular cocaine.”

Lord Matthews also sentenced Brown to three sentences of eight months each for the assault on Mr Hay, threatening behaviour and growing cannabis in his property.

He was given a further 12 months for supplying cannabis. All sentences will run concurrently. He was admonished on two additional drugs charges.

Joe Henry Brown