An asylum seeker who was shot and killed after he stabbed six people at a hotel made threats 24 hours before the incident, a court heard yesterday.
Badreddin Abdalla Adam Bosh, 28, attacked his victims at the Park Inn in Glasgow on June 26 2020.
Police officers had attempted to use non lethal weapons to disarm Bosh during the incident before he was shot.
Three asylum seekers, two hotel workers and a police officer David Whyte – who had responded to the emergency call – were injured by Sudanese-born Bosh during the attack.
During a preliminary hearing at Glasgow Sheriff Court in preparation for a full Fatal Accident Inquiry, Sheriff Principal Aisha Anwar referred Police Scotland Federation’s advocate Shelagh McCall KC to transcripts which she had read before yesterday’s hearing.
She asked: ‘There were threats of stabbing 24 hours prior to the incident?’
Miss McCall replied: ‘Yes.’
The advocate stated that a report from witness Amanda Trimble that will refer to which systems were in place and which risk assessments should have been done.
Badreddin Abadlla Adam Bosh was shot and killed in 2020 after attacking six people with a knife
Forensic officers investigating the scene where Badreddin Abadlla Ada Bosh was shot
Advocate depute Alan Cameron KC told the hearing that a list of 700 witness statements and other documents have been lodged which included a draft joint agreement of evidence.Mr Cameron also told the hearing that he anticipated ‘four to five weeks for the evidential hearings.’
Mark Stewart KC, representing the next of kin, told the court that he is waiting an expert report from a firearms expert.
Work on the report is expected to commence in October with the Sheriff Principal requesting a working deadline of early December.
Bosh, a Sudanese national, was one of hundreds of refugees moved from flats to hotels at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
It was a move that raised concerns about the mental health of often vulnerable individuals.
The hearing had earlier heard that Bosh had came to the UK after first arriving in Ireland.
A previous hearing heard police officers were unaware the hotel housed asylum seekers at the time of the incident.
Another preliminary hearing was set for December for a list of witnesses which will 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 which does not apportion blame or fault.
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Asylum seeker who stabbed six in hotel rampage made threats 24 hours before, court hears