Hospital order for attacker who set fire to mosque worshippers

A man who attempted to murder two elderly men by setting them on fire as they left separate mosques was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order.
Mohammed Abbkr attacked Hashi Odowa, 82, and Mohammed Rayaz, 70, outside mosques in London and Birmingham in February and March last year.
The 29-year-old claimed he believed they were among several people "controlling him through magic".
Abbkr claimed he was legally insane, but was convicted following a trial at Birmingham Crown Court.
Police said his victims were left with "long-lasting physical injuries and significant mental trauma".
Sentencing Abbkr, who has paranoid schizophrenia, the Recorder of Birmingham, Judge Melbourne Inman KC, said: "The nature of each attack was identical. You threw petrol over your victims and then set them alight - the attacks were horrific."
"The two victims in this case were, on any rational view, chosen at random. You, however, genuinely believed each of them was one of those trying to take control of you," the judge added.
"I am wholly satisfied that you committed both of these offences at a time when you were suffering a severe mental illness."
The judges sentencing remarks can be read in full at: www.judiciary.uk/judgments/re...
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