Joshua Bowles, 29, described himself as a ‘terrorist’ to police after the attack in Cheltenham on March 9.
A former GCHQ worker described himself as a “terrorist” after launching a “premeditated, targeted and vicious” knife attack on a US spy outside a leisure centre, a court has heard.
Opening the facts, prosecutor Duncan Penny KC said it was a “pre-meditated, targeted and vicious attack on an unarmed woman”. “Her selection as the target for this attack was entirely and solely associated with her role as a US government employee in the National Security Agency of the United States.”
Mr Penny said the victim 99230 had been playing netball at the leisure centre in Cheltenham on the evening of March 9 and was leaving with a friend, who was a fellow US national identified as 25869. The defendant responded by hitting him in the face before walking away, leaving him “in complete shock”.Mr Penny said: “The defendant attacked 99230 a second time, immediately upon entering reception. 99230 recalls him yelling but can’t remember what was said.
Mr Bunn said the defendant was fuelled by “frenzied aggression” but it “just dissipated” once the two women had left. Asked if he was OK, Bowles said ‘no, I’ve just tried to kill her’.
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