A Hove man has been charged with attempted murder after an incident at the accident and emergency (A&E) department at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, in Brighton.
Joshua Byrne, 32, of Mountbatten Court, Ingram Crescent East, Hove, was arrested earlier this week, charged and taken to court.
Sussex Police said: “Police received a report of a disturbance at the accident and emergency department at the Royal Sussex County Hospital at 10.55pm on Tuesday 3 October.
“Officers arrested a man on suspicion of attempting to cause grievous bodily harm (GBH) shortly afterwards.
“We can confirm that Joshua Byrne, 32, of Ingram Crescent East, Hove, was charged with attempted murder, threatening a person with a blade, blackmail, breaching a stalking order, breaching a restraining order and affray.
“He appeared before Brighton Magistrates’ Court on Thursday 5 October where he was remanded in custody to appear before Lewes Crown Court on Thursday 2 November.”
Byrne was made the subject of a stalking protection order on Friday 9 June by District Judge Amanda Kelly.
The order prohibited Byrne from contacting Kaylee Gregory and banned him from an area of Brighton.
Breaching a stalking protection order is punishable by up to five years in prison.
The order was imposed after Byrne was found to have stalked Kaylee Gregory and was assessed as continuing to pose a risk.
A Police unit sat on Bristol gate for 20 minutes after arriving because their seniors ordered them to wait for a firearms unit before entering. In that time hospital staff were attempting to subdue the man themselves, who was busy attacking staff and patients.
The officers on Bristol gate eventually attended after disobeying that order, and Tasered the subject.
Thanks for adding to the facts… And YET AGAIN to the heroes of the NHS…
Now hopefully the next lot will do something about your pay and conditions!
Brighton A&E should be given the same security as London hospitals, whereby hardworking NHS staff are given the protection they deserve. I also wonder if the police would have taken so long to intervene if it had been one of their own, who were being attacked!