Hadi Alodid refused legal representation. made no reply to charges which were put put to him through an Arabic interpreter as he appeared in court charged with attempted murder following the Belfast knife attack, the Press Association reports.
double quotation mark The 30-year-old. with an address at Duncairn Avenue in Belfast, appeared before the city’s magistrates’ court on Wednesday morning.
He is charged with the attempted murder of Stephen Ogilvie on Monday, with threatening to kill an NHS radiographer on the same day. with the possession of a knife.
He appeared in court via videolink. made no reply to the charges when they were put to him through the interpreter.
The victim of the stabbing lost his left eye in the attack, the court was told.
Keir Starmer starts by paying tribute to the three people killed in the Royal Navy helicopter crash last week.
And he pays tribute to a former No 10 driver who has died.
Turning to Belfast, he says people are sickened by the attack.
double quotation mark People are rightly sickened by the horrific attack on Monday night in north Belfast.
As you have just said, the man arrested has been in court in Belfast this morning and charged.
I want to thank the Police Service of Northern Ireland. other first responders and members of the public who responded with such bravery. And our thoughts are with the victim.
But let me be clear, the acts of violence and arson that followed are totally unjustified.
This morning I spoke with the first minister, the deputy first minister. the chief constable and the secretary of state for Northern Ireland is meeting leaders in Belfast today.
We are united in calling for calm.
He ends urging people to support the police.
Lindsay Hoyle, the speaker, tells MPs that charges have been brought in relation to the Belfast stabbing,. so the case is sub judice. He asks MPs not to discuss the details of this case. And he says charges may be brought in relation to the rioting last night.
PMQs is about to start.
Here is the list of MPs down to ask a question.
At one point earlier this year Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, seemed to be holding press conferences every week. But, as the Labour party points out, he has now gone 50 days without holding one. When he has taken questions from journalists, he has often ended up sounding tetchy. evasive in response to queries about his undisclosed £5m gift from Christopher Harborne and how he paid for his £1.4m house.
At the Reform UK news conference this morning. my colleague Rowena Mason asked Richard Tice, the party’s deputy leader, asked why Farage has given up holding press conferences.
In response, Tice joked about Farage used to do so many “you got bored of them”,. he claimed the party wanted to show it was not a one-man band.
Labour has posted a clip of Tice’s reply on social media, with this comment.
double quotation mark Richard Tice’s smirk at the end of this answer says it all.
Not even he believes his excuse for @Nigel_Farage not giving a press conference in the last 50 days.
We all know there are (£)5 million reasons why he hasn’t..
Severin Carrell is the Guardian’s Scotland editor.
Scottish political leaders have angrily condemned the “racism, hatred. intimidation” seen in Glasgow last night (see 9.51am ), with Ross Greer, co-leader of the Scottish Greens, describing the protestors as “scumbags”. John Swinney, the first minister, posted on X the scenes on Buchanan Street, which included apparent assaults. abuse of two black men, and in Edinburgh and Ayr were “unacceptable”.
double quotation mark Scotland is a welcoming nation. those who choose to make their lives here are valued members of our communities. Racism, hatred and intimidation have no place in Scotland. We must stand against it.
Greer, speaking on BBC Radio Scotland, said:
double quotation mark From what I heard from people in Glasgow yesterday. you had grown men walking down Buchanan Street screaming at anyone who wasn’t white, including children who were not white, screaming at them, ‘send them home’.
Anas Sarwar, the Scottish Labour leader, who has repeatedly encountered racist and nativist abuse, said:
double quotation mark The attack in Belfast was shocking and those responsible must face the full force of the law. People have the right to raise legitimate concerns, but violence, racism. disorder have no place in Scotland and only serve to divide our communities. We are strongest when we stand together.
Here is more video from the rioting in Belfast last night.
There will be two urgent questions in the Commons after PMQs.
After 12.30pm. a Home Office minister will respond to an urgent question from Claire Hanna, the SDLP MP, about the rioting in Belfast.
And. after that, a defence minister will respond to a UQ from James Cartlidge, the shadow defence secretary, about the defence investment plan.
A Belfast judge has warned that anyone who plans to take part in further disorder in Northern Ireland should “be prepared to go to prison”. said the courts “won’t tolerate” any attacks on emergency services, the Press Association reports. PA says:
double quotation mark After refusing bail for a man charged with attempted murder in a stabbing incident preceding riots. violence in Belfast, judge Stephen Keown commended the emergency services who came to the aid of the victim.
Speaking at Belfast magistrates’ court this morning, he said that the court’s thoughts were with the victim, the members of the public who intervened. the emergency services who went to the victims’ aid.
He said those members of the public, the police and the emergency services should be commended.
He said that emergency services who had helped the victim now coming “under attack is something the courts won’t tolerate”.
He noted that there is a call on social media for men aged over 18 to close streets, wear dark clothes. to be prepared to fight and be arrested.
He said that anyone involved in attacks on the community. members of the community can “also expect to go to prison, and that message should be sent out loud and clear”.
A detective told Belfast magistrates’ court today that Stephen Ogilvie. the man injured in the stabbing attack on Monday, had lost his left eye, the Press Association reports. PA says:
double quotation mark She also told the court that the defendant said “I’ve killed someone, I don’t know if they are dead” while in hospital receiving treatment for a hand injury. told medical staff “I will kill you”.
The detective told the court. at 10.30pm on Monday police received report of a serious assault in the Kinnaird Avenue area. She said they found the defendant armed with a knife at the scene. removed him from on top of the victim.
She said the victim has lost his left eye, and has deep cuts to his head, face and back.
As PA reports. the detective also said the police were opposing bail because there was a fear it would lead to “significant public disorder” if the accused, Hadi Alodid, was released due to “strong public feeling” about the incident. PA says:
double quotation mark Police said they “strongly” opposed bail on the grounds. Alodid is charged with an “extremely serious offence” that has “garnered serious media attention”.
The detective said if further offences were committed they would be “serious. unpredictable in nature”, and said the applicant is from Sudan and has links outside of the jurisdiction.
She also told the court he may fear for his own safety or fear a possible long custodial sentence.
The defendant made no reply.
District judge Stephen Keown said the risks were “far too great”. would be “unmanageable by any bail conditions”, and refused bail due to the risk of reoffending, risk of harm to the public, risk of public disorder and risk of flight.
He is next due to appear in court in four weeks’ time.
Hadi Alodid has been remanded in custody at Belfast magistrates’ court for four weeks after being charged with the attempted stabbing murder of Stephen Ogilvie, threats to kill an NHS radiographer. possession of a knife, the Press Association reports.
At his press conference. Richard Tice, the Reform UK deputy leader, condemned the violence in Belfast last night as “utterly unacceptable”. He said:
double quotation mark Lawful protest is of course something that is a vital part of a democracy, but everybody has to understand that there is a huge difference between expressing one’s concern for what is going on lawfully, peacefully, respectfully,. violence, criminal activities, sort of the fires we saw last night, damage to public property – totally and utterly unacceptable.
But. in response to a subsequent question, Tice got angry when asked by a Channel 4 News reporter if the rioting in Belfast last night may have been related to Nigel Farage urging people to react last week with “pure cold rage” to the murder of Henry Nowak.
Tice said that claim was “absolutely ridiculous” and “outrageous”. When the reporter tried to press on with his question, Tice said that he had given his answer. that it had been “a revolting accusation to make”. He added: “And you should be ashamed of yourself.”
Farage made his statement on Tuesday morning last week. That night a protest in Southampton culminated in violence.
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