A drug-crazed attacker went 'berserk' at a Bradford golf club, spraying CS gas in player's eyes, a Court heard.

Professional burglar Brendan Moxon, 26, was jailed for five years yesterday at Leeds Crown Court after going on a rampage of violence at East Bierley Golf Club, attacking members and staff.

The fracas in January this year began as he was approached by club member Douglas Rhodes who believed he was acting suspiciously.

Simon Philips, prosecuting, said that Moxon had claimed to be the nephew of the club's green keeper.

"Mr Rhodes took him inside to see if another member or staff knew him," he told the court.

"Mr Rhodes met the club steward and after a brief discussion the police were to be called. He then struggled and went berserk."

While attempting to escape, Moxon assaulted four club members, smashing one man's spectacles and damaging a door. He punched, kicked and head-butted them after being chased through the club.

Each of the men was also sprayed in the face with the CS gas until one managed to grapple the weapon off him.

Mr Philips said that when police arrested Moxon they described him as being violent, incoherent and, "under the influence of drugs or some other substance" with glazed eyes.

Moxon's barrister, Stephen Couch, described the events as "somewhat unusual". "He wasn't in a particularly good state and it is no surprise that he aroused the suspicion of the gentleman that first approached him," he said.

"In actuality he wasn't doing anything wrong and all may have been well if he waited quietly for the police to arrive. Of course, he panicked."

Sentencing Moxon, to five years, Judge Kerry MacGill said the sentence should be seen as a deterrent to Moxon, who has a string of previous convictions for burglary.

"I regard you as nothing short of a professional burglar," he said.

"Once the discussion started in the golf club and the mention of police was made it is right to say you went berserk."

Moxon, of Wyke Lane, was at the club with a contractor employed to work on the club's alarm system.

He was jailed for three years for a previous burglary, with two years for the four counts of actual bodily harm and two of criminal damage.

Judge Kerry MacGill also awarded each of the four golf club members £150 reward.

Speaking after the case Bob Welsh, club secretary, welcomed the judge's verdict.

"It's a shock to the system, you don't know what to do under those circumstances and I think they did a superb job, especially as all the men involved were 50 or 60 years old."