Man Attacks Pub's Drinkers With Chain Saw

(NewsCore) - A chain saw-wielding man was caught on CCTV attacking terrified fellow drinkers at a British pub after he was asked to leave because he was smoking inside, the Hull Daily Mail reported Saturday.

Dean Dinnen, 24, burst into The Endyke pub in Hull, northeastern England and began chasing customers round with a gas-powered chain saw, about 50 minutes after he was kicked out for refusing to put out his cigarette.

In shocking video footage, Dinnen can be seen running into the bar waving the chain saw about, while customers try to escape. Fellow drinkers armed with tables and chairs can be seen forcing him outside.

Dinnen, who was drunk and under the influence of drugs, sliced into the arm of Adrian Pryor, 32, before other customers disarmed him by throwing furniture and beer barrels at him, during the incident last August.

The chain saw cut through the skin and muscle of Pryor's arm and he required surgery.

"I had to undergo an operation under anesthetic to repair my tendons and received 21 stitches," Pryor said, in statement read to Hull Crown Court. "I had to have a splint in my arm, which was extremely uncomfortable and painful, and was off work for six weeks. I feel this will be with me for the rest of my life."

Dinnen, who pleaded guilty to several charges including causing grievous bodily harm, was sentenced to three years behind bars.

"This was a really horrendous incident," Judge Michael Mettyear said. "It must have been so, so frightening for people. The sound alone of one of these machines in that sort of space would terrify people and it did terrify people."

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