Woman stabbed MP ‘in revenge for Iraq war vote’
1st November 2010
Mr Timms told the Old Bailey he thought Roshonara Choudhry, 21, was coming to shake hands, and she smiled before lunging at him on May 14 this year.
Far be it from me to discourage the stabbing of Labour MPs — but still, it causes talk.
His assistant Andrew Bazeley prised the kitchen knife away from her and she was placed in a ”bear hug” by a security guard before police arrived. Another knife was found in her bag.
Choudhry told detectives she was trying to kill Mr Timms for ”punishment” and ”to get revenge for the people of Iraq”, prosecutor William Boyce QC, said.
A gentle reminder that there are no such thing as British Muslims; merely Muslims who reside for the time being in Britain.