Mohammad Farooq, 29, took a homemade bomb into St James's Hospital in Leeds in January 2023, but “lost his bottle” after talking to patient Nathan Newby.
Prosecutors said Farooq had planned to “kill as many nurses as possible”.
Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb jailed him for life yesterday, ordering him to serve at least 37 years.
The judge said of Mr Newby: “He’s an extraordinary, ordinary man whose decency and kindness prevented an atrocity in a maternity wing of a major British hospital.” She said Mr Newby was a “modest and gentle man whose evidence was among the most remarkable this court has ever heard”.
Sheffield Crown Court heard how Farooq targeted the hospital where he worked as his “Plan B” after first travelling to the US base at RAF Menwith Hill, in North Yorkshire, but failing to get in due to the high security.
The judge told Farooq: “This was deliberately to cause maximum damage to life. But at the end, your courage failed you and the kind thoughtfulness of a passing stranger saved you and thos...
Prosecutors said Farooq had planned to “kill as many nurses as possible”.
Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb jailed him for life yesterday, ordering him to serve at least 37 years.
The judge said of Mr Newby: “He’s an extraordinary, ordinary man whose decency and kindness prevented an atrocity in a maternity wing of a major British hospital.” She said Mr Newby was a “modest and gentle man whose evidence was among the most remarkable this court has ever heard”.
Sheffield Crown Court heard how Farooq targeted the hospital where he worked as his “Plan B” after first travelling to the US base at RAF Menwith Hill, in North Yorkshire, but failing to get in due to the high security.
The judge told Farooq: “This was deliberately to cause maximum damage to life. But at the end, your courage failed you and the kind thoughtfulness of a passing stranger saved you and thos...
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