Inquiry date set into death of Glasgow hotel attacker

An inquiry into the death of an asylum seeker who was shot and killed after stabbing six people at a Glasgow hotel is to begin in March next year.

Badreddin Abdalla Adam Bosh, 28, from Sudan, attacked his victims at the Park Inn in Glasgow city centre on 26 June 2020.

Officers attempted to use non lethal weapons to disarm Mr Bosh during the incident before he was shot - a decision the Crown Office later said was "absolutely necessary".

The Fatal Accident Inquiry (FAI) start date was set at a preliminary hearing. It is expected to last two months.

Mr Bosh was one of hundreds of refugees moved from flats to hotels at the start of the Covid pandemic - a move that raised concern about the mental health of often vulnerable individuals.

Three asylum seekers, two hotel workers and police officer David Whyte - who had responded to the emergency call - were injured during the attack.

At Glasgow Sheriff Court, Police Scotland Federation's advocate Shelagh McCall KC said she was awaiting a report from a health and safety expert.

Ms McCall also said that a provisional conclusion from a doctor was that Mr Bosh was "developing a mental illness over a period of some weeks."

The advocate depute said matters had progressed since the last hearing which included full disclosure of evidence, while the sheriff principal requested an update on areas of dispute to be made available.

The information was revealed during the fourth preliminary hearing in preparation for the full FAI next year.

An FAI is a public examination of the circumstances of a death in the public interest before a sheriff, which does not apportion blame or fault.

The hearing was further told that Mr Bosh may have made 72 complaints to a number of organisations, which is yet to be determined.

The Scottish Ambulance Service withdrew from the inquiry, which was accepted by Sheriff Principal Aisha Anwar.

Previous hearings were told that a total of 700 witness statements had been lodged and police officers were unaware the hotel housed asylum seekers at the time of the incident.