
A man who stabbed a surgeon after he left a mosque in Greater Manchester has been jailed.
Dr Nasser Kurdy, 58, was stabbed in the neck outside the Altrincham Islamic Centre in Hale in September 2017 and required hospital treatment.
Manchester Crown Court heard that Ian Rooke, 29, of no fixed abode, has a personality disorder and had not taken his antipsychotic medication for two days prior to the assault.
He previously admitted to wounding with intent and possessing an offensive weapon in public. In court Mr Rooke apologised to Dr Kurdy, a gesture which saw the doctor embrace the 29-year-old's mother in court.
He was jailed for five years and four months.