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A victim of the Park Inn stabbings who is suing the UK Government for a public inquiry said he is haunted by the attack. The legal challenge, launched last week, claims how asylum seekers were treated in Scotland during the Covid lockdown contributed to the Glasgow tragedy, which saw six people knifed.

A man who was brutally stabbed during the horrific Park Inn hotel attack in Glasgow almost two years ago says he is still ‘living with the trauma’.

direct to your inboxA man has been jailed after he was caught with £20,000 worth of class A drugs in his underwear at Manchester Airport.David Whyte, 40, was attempting to board a flight to Dubai when he caught the attention of security staff by attempting to avoid the queue for the body scanner.Whyte and a woman he was travelling with were noticed by staff near the screening area of the airport on the evening of October 6, 2019, before his scheduled flight to the UAE.Liverpool Crown Court was told how Whyte had been actively trying to avoid the queue for the body scanner, which is used to establish whether a physical search of a person is required.He was selected for a physical search where it became apparent to security staff that he had

Glasgow knife attacker has been described by fellow asylum seekers staying at the hotel he launched the rampage at, as a "quiet and polite and decent guy".Badreddin Abadlla Adam, 28, from Sudan, was shot dead by officers after six people - including 42-year-old police constable David Whyte - were injured in the incident on Friday at the Park Inn Hotel on West George Street.The other five people - aged 17, 18, 20, 38 and 53 - all remain in hospital as of the latest update on Saturday, with one in a critical condition.On Monday one of the asylum seekers who was staying at the hotel spoke out about the conditions there and what he had been told of the attacker.Andrew said: "Recently we were moved from the Park Inn Hotel to the Hallmark Hotel

An official Home Office image of the man who was shot dead by officers during an attack in Glasgow has been released by police.Badreddin Abadlla Adam, 28, from Sudan, was killed after six people were injured in the Park Inn Hotel attack, including police constable David Whyte, 42.Three of the victims are asylum seekers, while two are members of hotel staff.The victims, aged 17, 18, 20, 38 and 53, still remain in hospital as of Saturday.One of the victims is said to be in a critical condition.Police released the identity of Mr Adam on Saturday, saying it was “based on information the deceased provided to the Home Office earlier this year”.Meanwhile, a man who said he knew the perpetrator, told ITV he warned of the attack the night

stabbing frenzy left six people, including a police officer, seriously injured had spent three weeks in his hotel room fearing he had Covid – then didn’t want to come out.Badreddin Abadlla Adam launched his knife attack at Glasgow’s Park Inn after a row with a fellow asylum seeker in a neighbouring room over noise, the Record can reveal.Sources have told how:● The 28-year-old was a loner who refused to speak to other asylum seekers.● He was furious at a lack of action from the Home Office over his return home to Sudan in north Africa.● After being told his isolation was over, he didn’t want to leave his room.● He had dreams of finishing university where he had been studying IT.Last night, PC David Whyte, 42, who was the first officer on the

Home Office image of Badreddin Abadlla Adam, who was shot dead by officers during an attack at the Park Inn Hotel in Glasgow on Friday, has been released by police.

Glasgow warned fellow guests of his plans the day before he launched his horrific blade attack, it has emerged.The Sudanese asylum seeker – named by police as Badreddin Abadlla Adam, 28 – said he “hated people” just 24 hours prior to injuring six people, including hero police officer PC David Whyte.Adam, who also used the name Omar, was described as a “troubled loner” who had been self-isolating over fears he had Covid-19.He was shot dead by a police marksman after going on his terrifying knife rampage.Fellow asylum seeker Siraj, who did not want to disclose his surname, said he was horrified when Adam told him he wanted to “stab people”.Siraj, 22, from Yemen, added: “I saw him the day before the attack and he said he’d had enough.

stabbed by a knifeman has said it was a day he would never forget while his wife – an NHS theatre nurse – also went through hell as she raced from her home in Irvine to Glasgow after the attack.PC David Whyte, who is off the critical list, yesterday thanked his colleagues for helping to save his life.The unarmed officer was first on the scene of the bloody carnage in Glasgow’s city centre on Friday and tackled the crazed attacker in the Park Inn hotel.He said: “The scene we were confronted with is something I will never forget.

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