Ashley McAlinden jailed for five years over Stratford-upon-Avon axe attack
| Updated: 12:49, 28 January 2021
A man who attacked another man with an axe has been jailed.
Ashley Damian McAlinden, 24, of Drayton Close, Stratford attacked the man in Meadow Lea, Stratford on the morning of 4th June 2020 following a dispute.
Warwick Crown Court heard McAlinden aimed several swings of the axe at his victim, on one occasion catching him on the arm causing a laceration requiring stitches.
Following the attack, McAlinden fled the scene on a motorbike but was arrested a short time later in Bromford Way.
The attack took place in broad daylight and was witnessed by several members of the public.