Get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our Criminal Record newsletter.A killer caught wielding a saw in his street in Paisley claimed he was only out chopping wood.Anthony Mackin, 50, was clocked hammering the saw against a lamppost by concerned residents at Henderson Street in the town.Paisley Sheriff Court heard tanked-up Mackin made such a racket that witnesses called police to attend the incident at around 8pm on December 4, last year.Procurator Fiscal Depute Mark Nicol said: “Witnesses observed the accused striking a lamppost while in possession of a bladed article.“This was outside a property in Henderson Street, Paisley, and police were contacted in relation to this matter.“Police attended and.
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