Golfer feared for his life when he was run over by e-bike thugs

THEY TOLD HIM 'YOU'RE NOT GETTING OFF THIS COURSE'

- By JOEL MOORE

John Smith with wife Helen, centre, and Councillor Sarita-Marie Rehman-Wall, at Bulwell Forest Golf Course

(JOSEPH RAYNOR)

A GOLFER has recalled a horrific attack at a Nottingham course, in which a gang of electric bikers ran him over, took chunks out his leg by wheel-spinning and stabbed him in the side.

John Smith said he "feared for his life" when four masked men chased and brutally assaulted him at Bulwell Forest Golf Club.

His attackers told him "you're not leaving this golf course" and bragged to each other about burning his legs with their wheels, scarring the 52-year-old.

The incident, which happened on the evening of Friday, September 19, is one of a long list of crimes committed by groups of e-bikers at the Bulwell course, leaving management at the "end of their tether".

It came just weeks after the club's golf course manager was threatened with a machete, while the golf course, situated off Hucknall Road, was also forced to close for the day after thousands of pounds worth of damage was caused by skid marks across several greens.

On the evening of the attack, Mr Smith, who has been a member of the golf club for four years, went up to the course to practice ahead of a competition the next day.

When he noticed a group of four men causing damage to one of the greens, he began taking photos.

He said "I've got you", to which they replied: "Mind your own ******* business, it's got nothing to do with you".