Insane footage reveals a maniac chasing a terrified Scottish cop down the road whereas threatening to cut him up with a chainsaw.
Albanian nationwide Liridon Kastrati, 32, grabbed the chainsaw from his automotive after crashing into Police Constable Gary Cowan’s squad automotive in Paisley, simply west of Glasgow.
Terrifying CCTV footage reveals him chasing the cop down the center of the highway whereas threatening to butcher him — and saying he needed the ugly scenes shared by the media.
The constable testified that he was “terrified” and satisfied Kastrati would “noticed my arms off, chop my head off.”
“I might hear the chainsaw revving. I assumed if I don’t create distance he’s going to kill me,” Cowan testified of the terrifying ordeal in Might 2024.
The crazed would-be killer finally positioned the terrifying energy instrument on the ground and was pepper sprayed and arrested. He was convicted final yr of making an attempt to homicide the officer and on Tuesday was sentenced to 10 years in jail.
“If PC Cowan was not capable of run quick sufficient or if he stumbled and fell as he ran away from you, the scene might have been one in every of carnage,” Choose William Gallacher mentioned throughout sentencing at Glasgow Excessive Court docket. “PC Cowan thought that if he didn’t get away from you, you’ll chop off his limbs and kill him.”
“In contemplating many incidents that I’ve through the years in Scotland, I’ve by no means encountered using a chainsaw as a weapon being wielded,” the decide mentioned.
“Many may assume that this was the stuff solely of a horror movie.”

Kastrati misplaced it after his sentencing, banging on the dock and shouting on the decide in Albanian, in accordance with the BBC.
He then began screaming in English, too, bizarrely calling the decide “a f–king terrorist.”
“Your nation is a f–king terrorist,” he added, with out clarification.
