Axeman went on 'rampage of damage' after attending party A drunken man armed with an axe went on a Christmas Day “rampage of damage,” setting fire to a car and smashing up two others, Bradford Crown Court heard today. Richard Brown started a blaze that damaged a blue Ford Escort and set about a white Ford Mondeo and a blue Toyota Yaris with the axe in a random spree of damage. Brown, 41, of Huddersfield Road, Brighouse, was a chronic alcoholic who had no recollection of the incident, his barrister said. He pleaded guilty to arson, two offences of criminal damage, having a bladed article in Malham Road, and using racially abusive words and behaviour at Calderdale Royal Hospital.