Liridon Kastrati denies a charge of attempted murder over an incident in which he chased officers while wielding a chainsaw in Paisley, Renfrewshire.

A jury has retired to consider its verdict in the trial of a man who allegedly chased four officers with a chainsaw and attempted to murder them following a car crash.

Liridon Kastrati, 32, is accused of ramming a car into a marked police vehicle and then brandishing a chainsaw at officers in Paisley, Renfrewshire, in broad daylight on May 6 2024 at about 1.30pm.

The High Court in Paisley previously heard that Kastrati, who does not hold a UK driving licence, took his brother’s car, and it is alleged he drove it at “excessive speed” before mounting the pavement and colliding with a marked police car with two police officers inside.

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