2023-10-30 16:02:12
London
Former cyber intelligence employee gets life in prison
In March, the 29-year-old Briton attempted to kill an American employee of the American National Security Agency (NSA).
Updated October 30, 2023, 5:02 p.m.
A former British cyber intelligence employee was sentenced Monday in London to life in prison with a 13-year security period for attempted murder of an American employee of the American National Security Agency (NSA). On March 9, 2023, Joshua B., 29, hit and stabbed the victim using two knives, as she left a leisure center located regarding five kilometers from the headquarters of the British cyber intelligence agency (GCHQ), in the town of Cheltenham (west of England). Judge Bobbie Cheema-Grubb ruled on Monday that it was a “politically motivated attack”, driven by “anger and resentment” towards his ex-employer and women.
Accompanied by a friend, the American, whose identity has not been revealed, had retreated into the leisure center, but the accused followed them to attack them once more inside. Joshua B. also attacked another man who tried to intervene. The victim was targeted because of her status as a “US government employee at the US National Security Agency” (NSA), prosecutor Duncan Penny told the Old Bailey in London on Friday. .
A “frantic aggression”
The accused, a former GCHQ employee, described himself as a “terrorist” following the attack, the prosecution continued. Before the attack, the computer software developer had researched white supremacy, attacks once morest women, and the American Ted Kaczynski, aka “Unabomber”who had terrified the United States for years with his parcel bomb attacks before his arrest in 1996.
According to Steve Bun, who was at the recreation center and held the attacker on the ground, allowing the two women to escape, Joshua B. was driven by “frantic aggression.” While waiting for the police to arrive, the accused explained to him that he was “disgusted by the way in which (British intelligence) collects information and uses it once morest people”, also criticizing the “power available” to the American NSA, he told the audience.
(AFP)
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