Man planning to bomb Leeds hospital was talked out of it by patient, court told

A bomb disposal unit was called to St James’s hospital in Leeds in January. Photograph: Ben Lack/PA

A “self-radicalised” suspect who brought a pressure cooker bomb to a Leeds hospital was persuaded to hand himself in to police by a member of the public who “saved many lives”, a court has heard.

Mohammed Farooq, 28, brought a device containing nearly 10kg of explosive to St James’s hospital in the early hours of 20 January planning to detonate it in a terror attack, prosecutors told Sheffield crown court.