News, sport, travel and weather updates from across the West of England on Tuesday, 17 October
Jonathan Holmes
BBC West Live Reporter
Well it's been a fun day witnessing the opening of Bristol's newest museum.
Even now there are queues for the star attraction, Concorde Alpha Foxtrot.
Thousands of people across the West have a personal link to this majestic aircraft, and I have little doubt that this corner of Filton will remain popular with visitors for some time to come.
A jury has concluded that 48-year-old Kamil Ahmad - a Kurdish Iraqi - was deliberately targeted and then murdered, in Bristol in 2016.
Jeffrey Barry, 56, was "of sound mind at the time" he killed Mr Ahmad, they concluded.
The court heard Barry had been discharged from a private mental health hospital the day before the attack; he had been receiving treatment after being sectioned.
On the day of his release he spent more than four hours drinking in two bars before returning to the supported living residence where both men lived.
Later, he climbed the stairs to the second floor on which Kamil lived, knocked on his door and attacked him with a knife.
A post-mortem examination found Kamil died from multiple stab wounds.
Quote MessageJeffrey Barry may have a history of serious mental illness but at the time he attacked Kamil he knew exactly what he was doing. He deliberately armed himself with a knife and purposefully went to Kamil’s flat and brutally attacked him.
Detective Chief Inspector Richard Ocone, Senior Investigating Officer
A third year medical student has died from an "extraordinarily rare condition", fellow Bristol University students have been told.
She died on Friday October 13 in a hospital "away from Bristol".
A Bristol University spokesperson said: “We are extremely sorry to hear about the death of one of our third year students last week. Our thoughts and sympathies are with her family and friends at this very difficult time."
They confirmed her death had no connection to the recent case of a Bristol student with meningitis.
The student was in her third year of studying medicine
A keen sportsman with a life-changing leg injury has exceeded his £15,000 crowdfunding target for an amputation.
Rob Franks, 40, from Frome, injured his knee while playing cricket in 2011 and when doctors operated they found a tumour.
Six years and multiple operations later, Rob's leg has still not recovered and he suffers severe pain constantly.
"The medication that I'm on has altered how I am. I'm not the fun, bubbly outgoing, happy person I used to be, " said Rob. "I cry daily due to the pain and I'm genuinely at the end of my tether."
On the advice of doctors, Rob decided the only way he could improve his quality of life was to get his leg amputated.
The NHS could not fund the operation, but Rob's crowdfunding page has raised £16,285 in three weeks. The surgery will go ahead soon.
Image source, Rob FranksRob was a keen cricketer before his injury
Following the murder conviction of paranoid schizophrenic, Jeffrey Barry, at Bristol Crown Court, a spokesman for Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust said,
“On behalf of the Trust, we would like to extend our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Kamil Ahmed at this difficult time. This was a tragic and brutal death.
We remain committed to close cooperation with all agencies in an effort to prevent such an event happening in the future.
We have reviewed and strengthened our sharing of clinical and additional relevant information."
Barry is expected to be sentenced later today.
Image source, Avon & Somerset PoliceChilling handwritten notes by Barry were shown in evidence in court
Image source, Avon & Somerset Police
Image source, Avon&Somerset PoliceA man who spent two years operating as a fake veterinary surgeon in Somerset has been jailed for fraud.
Taunton Crown Court was told that Patrick Keniry had four previous convictions for impersonating vets, often stealing the identities of qualified surgeons.
In 2011, he was convicted after spending three years at a practice in Swindon.
In this latest case he was employed at a practice in Taunton who believed him to be a qualified vet named Mike Evans.
There, he treated and operated on animals and on one occasion a cat died.
Jailing him for three years for fraud, Judge David Ticehurst said he was a fantasist who “would probably carry on committing offences like this for as long as he thought he could get away with it.”
More from the court...
A jury of six men and six women have found a 56-year-old man guilty of murdering Kamil Ahmad, a Kurdish refugee from Iraq, in Bristol last year.
Jeffrey Barry pleaded guilty to manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility, but has been convicted of the more serious charge, which he had denied.
On 7 July 2016, Barry carried out a “sustained and savage” attack lasting more than forty minutes, stabbing Kamil more than 25 times.
Both men were residents at a supported living house for adults with mental health issues: Barry has a 30 year history of mental health problems, including episodes of paranoid schizophrenia.
He had been released from a secure hospital a few hours before the attack and had made multiple threats to kill Ahmad.
Image source, Julia QuenzlerHear the moment paranoid schizophrenic Jeffrey Barry called 999 to report that he had killed Kamil Ahmad.
The attack happened at Mr Ahmad's flat on Wells Road in Bristol in July 2016.
Barry has today been found guilty of murdering Mr Ahmad.
Jeffrey Barry admits killing neighbour to a 999 call operator.
A paranoid schizophrenic has been found guilty of murdering a neighbour who he claimed was a rapist and terrorist.
Jeffrey Barry, 56, killed Kamil Ahmad in a "savage and sustained" knife attack which ended with him slicing off the Kurdish refugee's penis.
The attack happened at Mr Ahmad's flat on Wells Road in Bristol in July 2016.
Barry had denied murder but admitted manslaughter by diminished responsibility at Bristol Crown Court. But the jury today found him guilty of murder.
A postmortem examination found injuries to Mr Ahmad, included 25 stab wounds to his face and eyes and having his penis cut off after death.
Weeks before the killing, Barry - of Wells Road in Bristol - told police during a phone call that he thought Mr Ahmad was a rapist, a paedophile and a terrorist in Iraq.
Image source, Avon and Somerset PoliceJeffrey Barry has been found guilty of murdering Kamil Ahmed in Bristol in 2016.
The 56-year-old was said to have committed a "savage and sustained" knife attack on Mr Ahmad.
...were a good mix of enthusiasts and those linked with the industry over many years.
See their reactions:
These visitors have reacted positively to Bristol's newest museum.
BBC Local Live and Radio Bristol have been reporting live from Bristol Aerospace this morning, as it opened to the public.
Emma Britton broadcast her breakfast programme live from underneath that famous beak and was joined by some of the original passengers and those who worked on Alpha Foxtrot - the last Concorde to fly.
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Jonathan Holmes
BBC West Live Reporter
When you head into the museum, this lovely lady is waiting to scan your tickets.
Carol Griffiths is one of the many volunteers who has given up her time for Aerospace Bristol.
Her dad actually designed the toilet on Concorde, and she thinks he would be proud knowing that she is volunteering here now.
Carol has an unusual connection to Concorde. She now volunteers here.
You've been getting in touch with your memories of Concorde...
"Growing up, I remember hearing the tell-tale sound and looking up high to find the white triangle whizzing by - the 'future' of air travel. My grandparents were lucky enough to fulfil a coveted dream and take a flight out over the Bay of Biscay in one of them. And I can picture myself and the family standing on our driveway watching the very last flight come in to land at Filton. So much for the 'future'. Rob McCullough
"My dad worked at Rolls Royce for more than 15 years and there is something about Concorde, that after 50 years it's still one of the most innovative air craft known to man and even children today. I remember walking home from school and seeing the last fly by. Matt Cooper
Go on, you know you want to ...
Can't get to the museum? Make your own origami Concorde instead
Jonathan Holmes
BBC West Live Reporter
It’s now picking up with visitors here.
There’s a wealth of information on various information boards, and dozens of volunteers and guides in blue t-shirts to show people around.
If you properly want to see everything on display here I’d easily allow a few hours to get round it all.
Many people here have brought their own personal connections along that link them with Concorde. There’s even the odd selfie going on in front of a bi plane.
The iconic image of Concorde flying over the Clifton Suspension Bridge before going back home to where it was built, in Filton, is something many Bristolians remember.
The final Concorde flight was made on 26th November 2003, when Concorde 216 flew from Heathrow.
Remind yourself of that famous day...
Archive footage of the last Concorde landing in Bristol.
Jonathan Holmes
BBC West Live Reporter
Richard Harris was one of Concorde's flight testers, so for him to see it in a museum is a strange experience.
He travelled the world when the aircraft was in the testing stages, and he is glad to finally see this plane under cover.
Previously it was sitting exposed to the elements on the runway at Filton.
Richard was one of the flight testers, he is happy the plane is now on display in a museum.
Jonathan Holmes
BBC West Live Reporter
The Aerospace Bristol museum gives you the chance to look at Concorde from every perspective imaginable.
The balconies take you around the exterior of the aircraft at what would have been the passenger level.
Were this aircraft in operation again there is no way I'd be allowed this close.
Seeing it like this allows you to appreciate beauty of its shape and size, that enabled this plane to reach twice the speed of sound - Mach 2.
Jonathan Holmes
BBC West Live Reporter
Richard Vernon still treasures the memories of this special aircraft.
Back in 1995, he won a Bristol Post competition to fly with Concorde.
He kept his ticket and papers as a souvenir of that special day. Now he's back:
Richard Vernon won a competition back in 1995 to fly with Concorde.