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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Paul Byrne & Sophie Halle-Richards & Fionnula Hainey

Taxi driver haunted by hospital bomber's 'clown-like' grin before blast

A taxi driver who suffered horrific injuries after a terror attack at a hospital says he is still traumatised by the image of the bomber's "smiling" face just before the blast went off.

David Perry recalled fearing 'something was going to happen' on the morning of Remembrance Sunday last year, before he picked up Emad Al-Swealmeen and drove him to Liverpool Women's Hospital.

After accepting the fare from Mr Al-Swealmeen's flat on Rutland Avenue, near Sefton Park, David recalls how he became increasingly nervous and suspicious about his passenger.

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