Labour’s Sir Stephen Timms who was attacked by Roshonara Choudhry in his constituency says she has apologised
A senior Labour MP has said that he wants to meet an Al-Qaeda radical who stabbed him but government “red tape” is getting in the way.
Sir Stephen Timms, a veteran backbencher and former minister, was attacked by Roshonara Choudhry at a constituency surgery in 2010. He has revealed that she has since written to him to apologise for the attack, and said that he “might” be able to forgive her if they ever meet.
The long-serving MP said that he had entered the restorative justice process, which involves bringing criminals and their victims together. Its aim is to help victims to get answers and allow offenders who are set to be released to take responsibility for their crimes and readjust to society.
But Sir Stephen told The Camilla Tominey Show on GB News that in his case “unfortunately, it seems to have stalled and I don’t know why”.