Machete man in rampage at MI5 HQ

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By Paul Cheston Courts Correspondent, Evening Standard
22 June 2005

A schizophrenic who carried a machete and an eight-inch knife into MI5 headquarters before attacking security guards is to be held indefinitely in hospital.

Unemployed William Cornford, 42,who has a 20-year history of mental illness, ran into a junior minister's office as he rampaged through Thames House, Millbank.

The incident last year led to a major security review at the building, which houses both the Security Service and the Northern Ireland Office.

Middlesex Guildhall Crown Court heard Cornford attacked two guards, one of whom needed 10 stitches, before racing to the upper floors.

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