Man accused of hit-and-run at Thebarton scrap business says he was acting in self-defence

A man accused of mowing down an employee at a scrap metal yard in Adelaide’s inner-west has told a court he was being chased by a man with a machete at the time and was trying to drive away.

Shane Anthony Matherson has been charged with endangering life and failing to stop at the scene of an accident following the incident outside Denron Metals in Thebarton on March 6.

Police prosecutors told the Port Adelaide Magistrates Court Mr Matherson arrived at the scrap metal yard at…