The court heard Donovan was wearing a ninja mask and armed with a sword A man who attacked two community wardens in Glasgow with a samurai sword has been jailed for four years. Darryl Donovan, 20, admitted assaulting Ray Young and Brian Innes as they sat in their van outside a derelict school in Castlemilk. The court heard Donovan jumped out of bushes wearing a ninja mask and wielding the sword. Sentencing him Judge Sean Murphy QC said he had carried out "terrifying assaults in the dark". At an earlier hearing the High Court in Glasgow was told that Mr Young, 55, and Mr Innes, 59, had been in their work's van outside the former St Fillan's primary school around midnight on 28 June while waiting for a joiner to repair broken windows. Donovan stormed towards them and hit the front windscreen of the van. He then broke the passenger window and struck Mr Innes on the left side of his body seven or eight times. He remembers little of the incident and can offer no sensible reason

Jim Wallace

Defence counsel Mr Innes managed to scramble into the back of the van before Donovan turned on his colleague. He smashed the driver's window and struck Mr Young three times on the hands. Mr Young managed to reverse the vehicle away from the scene. Both men were later treated at hospital with Mr Young requiring surgery to both hands. The court heard how he was left scarred for life while Mr Innes was only saved from more serious injury due to his thick jacket. Donovan was arrested in a raid on his home on 1 August, and the sword and mask were seized. The court was told that he had previous convictions for assault and carrying an offensive weapon. Jim Wallace, defending, said he had rarely seen such an expression of remorse from an accused. Mr Wallace added: "He remembers little of the incident and can offer no sensible reason."



Bookmark with: Delicious

Digg

reddit

Facebook

StumbleUpon What are these? E-mail this to a friend Printable version