A man threatened to stab a terminally ill woman to death during a terrifying 15 hour hostage ordeal. Shazad Mahmood put a knife to the victim's back and throat while he barricaded the door to a flat in Quinton, Birmingham - prompting a lengthy overnight police siege.
A court heard the horrifying incident was like "torture" for the woman, Birmingham Live reports. At one stage her weakening body gave in and she fell off it after she was 'allowed to sleep'.
Mahmood, 35, claimed the ordeal was a 'cry for help' for support with his mental health problems. He was also convicted of a number of driving offences in relation to a separate incident where he crashed a stolen car into a bus following a police chase.
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