A former GCHQ worker described himself as a “terrorist” after launching a “premeditated, targeted and vicious” knife attack on a US spy…
AN ex-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”.“She was attacked by a man who was carrying two knives and she was stabbed three times outside, and in the reception area of, a leisure centre in Cheltenham. In a police interview, the defendant told police: “The target was selected for her employment at the NSA.
The prosecutor told the court: “The defendant was punching her, and she was fighting back, concerned about the knife: kicking, punching and screaming as much as she could.” Steve Bunn, another visitor to the Leisure Centre, saw blood flowing from the woman’s mouth and down her chin and throat. He said Bowles was “making out that he was disgusted by the manner in which they gather information and use things against people” and was “appalled by the agency works for”.
“Months later, my wounds are still sore. I instinctively cover my abdomen to protect it. My scars bother me.
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