Kenny Richey denies attacking son with baseball bat

Kenny Richey, 45, was arrested near a house where his son Sean Richey lived in the town of Baxter, Minnesota, on January 6.

Papers from Crow Wing District Court show Kenny Richey was charged with second degree assault, making threats and domestic assault. He was released on bail.

According to the court papers, Sean Richey told police his father grew angry, threatened him and attacked him after the pair had been drinking beer and wrestling playfully.

A court official last night confirmed Kenny Richey pleaded not guilty to all charges and a hearing would now be held on March 8.

Richey returned to Scotland in January 2008 after 21 years in a US prison awaiting execution.

He was put on death row in January 1987 after being convicted of an arson attack in which a two-year-old girl died.

The former marine, who was born to a Scottish mother and American father, was freed after reaching a plea deal in 2007 with US prosecutors.

He set up home in Edinburgh but spent around seven months in custody awaiting trial for an alleged assault and robbery in July 2008.

The charges were dropped when the case was heard at the High Court in Paisley.

Richey admitted a breach of the peace by threatening court officials at an earlier hearing but was freed by the judge, who said he had suffered enough.