Man who lost leg in horrific gangland machete attack faces jail after 140mph police chase

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A man who lost a leg following a horrific gangland machete attack faces jail after a 140mph police chase.James Sheridan was targeted at his home last year over an unpaid six-figure debt.

He also had two fingers amputated, as did his partner, who was hacked at as she tried to phone the police.Gangsters from Liverpool were said to have travelled to Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, to carry out the attack.Sheridan later taunted the gang on social media.In a video dancing next to his hospital bed, he said, “Take my fingers, take my leg, but you won’t take my life, ya f*****g dafties”.At Airdrie Sheriff Court last week, Sheridan, 29, admitted driving dangerously on the M8 and other roads in Lanarkshire on August 5, 2022, nine months before the attack.The court heard police chased him for miles during rush hour.Sarah Healing, prosecuting, said police had been looking for his black Audi, which had false plates.They pursued him after spotting the car at around 4.40pm but he “accelerated harshly”, went the wrong way on a roundabout and joined the M8.She added: “He reached speeds of more than 140 miles an hour.

He continued along the A725, where the speed limit was 40, at up to 120 miles an hour.“For safety reasons, police abandoned their pursuit.”The Audi was later found abandoned in Bellshill.

Sheridan was arrested six days later.Conceding it was a “particularly serious” case of dangerous driving, defence lawyer Peter Malone said: “There is no doubt the custody threshold has been met but I ask the court to call for a social work report that will explain the life-changing events this man has gone through over the last year.He was attacked the day after being released from an 18-month sentence.