Rangers legend Gordon Durie chased with six-inch knife by masked man in terrifying car jacking bid

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Former Scotland football star Gordon Durie was threatened at knife-point during a terrifying carjacking attempt in Fife. The 56-year-old ran for his life, shouting for help as he was pursued by a masked man demanding his car keys who was shouting, “Don’t be a f****** hero”.

Violent criminal John Rodden, just out of jail, was pointing a kitchen knife with a six-inch blade at the shocked driver during the botched robbery.

Durie ran from his car leaving the keys on the passenger seat but Rodden did not see them and chased after the ex-footballer still demanding the keys.The victim managed to get away and Rodden, still not spotting the keys in the car, left empty-handed.The one-time Rangers, Chelsea, Tottenham and Hibs striker had just finished watching his son Scott play in a football match in Cardenden and had been accompanied by his grandchildren moments before the attack.Rodden, from Drumchapel, Glasgow, had been living in Fife after being released from jail after serving a five-year sentence for robbing a service station when armed with an axe.Durie was about to drive home to Uddingston when Rodden struck and attempted to steal his Volkswagen Tiguan.Rodden, 38, appeared at Dunfermline Sheriff Court by video-link from Perth prison.He admitted that on January 15 at Dundonald Park, Cardenden, he assaulted Gordon Durie, presented a knife towards him, demanded his car keys, chased him and attempted to rob him of his motor car.Depute fiscal Zahra Bhatti told the court, “At around 3pm Gordon Durie went to watch his son play football at Dundonald Park in Cardenden, along with his daughter and grandchildren.The Daily Record and Sunday Mail have always been at the forefront when it comes to reporting crime in Scotland.But did