A convicted killer threatened to blow up a block of flats and told police he 'had his bombs ready'. Thomas Carl Hughes, who has paranoid schizophrenia, told officers that the explosives would be "activated" if they tried to force their way into his Cardiff flat.
The 46-year-old was previously sentenced to life in prison in 1995 for the murder of shop employee Duncan Clarke. The victim been trying to stop the then 19-year-old Hughes from stealing a £5.99 Lego set from a Littlewoods store when the offender stabbed him to death on November 10, 1994.
Horrified Christmas shoppers watched on as hero churchgoer Mr Clarke, who ran the baggage section of the store, threw himself in between the knifeman and a terrified grandmother, suffering the full brunt of the attack. Doctors operated on him for eight hours in a desperate bid to save his life, but he sadly died a short time later, Wales Online reports.
