Asylum seeker who stabbed six in Glasgow hotel rampage had threats 24 hours earlier, court hears
Preliminary Fatal Accident Inquiry examines warnings, risk checks and witness documents in Glasgow case
A Sudanese asylum seeker who stabbed six people at the Park Inn hotel in Glasgow in 2020 was said to have threatened to stab people 24 hours before the attack, a court heard during a preliminary Fatal Accident Inquiry.
Badreddin Abdalla Adam Bosh, 28, attacked guests and staff at the Park Inn on June 26, 2020. Police officers had attempted to use non-lethal weapons to subdue him before he was shot and killed.
Three asylum seekers, two hotel workers and a police officer, David Whyte, were injured in the attack.
During the preliminary hearing at Glasgow Sheriff Court, it was noted that there were threats of stabbing 24 hours prior to the incident. Sheriff Principal Aisha Anwar referred transcripts to advocate Shelagh McCall KC, who confirmed the information when asked about the alleged warnings. McCall also indicated that a report from witness Amanda Trimble would reference which systems were in place and which risk assessments should have been undertaken.
Advocate depute Alan Cameron KC told the court that about 700 witness statements and other documents had been lodged, including a draft joint agreement of evidence. He said four to five weeks were anticipated for the evidential hearings.
Mark Stewart KC, representing the next of kin, said an expert firearms report was awaited and that work on the report was expected to begin in October, with a working deadline of early December set by the Sheriff Principal.
Bosh, a Sudanese national, was among hundreds of refugees moved from flats to hotels at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, a relocation that raised concerns about the mental health of often vulnerable individuals. Earlier hearings heard that he arrived in the UK after first landing in Ireland, and that police were unaware the Glasgow hotel housed asylum seekers at the time of the incident.
A December preliminary hearing was scheduled to review a list of witnesses who would be cross-examined at the inquiry. A Fatal Accident Inquiry is a public examination of the circumstances of a death in the public interest before a sheriff and does not apportion blame or fault.