A man has admitted a series of severe assaults after six people were injured in a crowbar attack at a hospital. Omar Momand faces charges including four counts of wounding with intent and attempted wounding following the incident at Newton Community Hospital in Newton-le-Willows last December.
Court Appearance
The 20-year-old, from Bradleigh Road in the town, appeared before Liverpool Crown Court this morning, Friday, to answer these charges. Via video link from a secure psychiatric unit, dressed in a turquoise Nike t-shirt, he confirmed his name before denying charges of intentionally wounding three women and a man.
However, Momand pleaded guilty to unlawfully wounding these same four victims. He also admitted to assault causing actual bodily harm against a fourth woman, as well as affray, possession of an offensive weapon in public, criminal damage to computer equipment and building materials at the hospital, and possession of cannabis, reports the Liverpool Echo.
Details of the Attack
Momand, originally from Afghanistan, also pleaded not guilty to attempting to cause grievous bodily harm with intent to a fifth woman by hitting her on the head with a metal bar. He will now face a trial, expected to last four to five days, back at the same court in the week commencing September 14 this year.
Postponing the case and continuing to remand him in custody until this date, Judge Stuart Driver KC stated: "Omar Momand, your trial will take place in the week of the 14th of September. You are remanded in custody. That is the end of today's hearing."
Background
The ECHO previously reported that Merseyside Police were called to the scene at around midday on December 30 2025 following reports that a man had arrived at the hospital seeking an appointment before becoming "increasingly agitated" when turned away. He allegedly then damaged a worktop before attacking several people with a weapon, believed to be a crowbar.
Officers later confirmed that six individuals had been hurt, suffering head cuts, bruising and wounds to the arms and hands.
Witness Accounts
A worker at a Best One shop across from the hospital, Sugedran Shanmugaraja, told the ECHO that a woman rushed into the store seeking assistance, saying: "She had a lot of blood at the back of her head and on her shoulder. She was shaking and upset. Next thing there were 10 or 15 police cars and an ambulance."
A nurse attacked with a crowbar also spoke out and said: "I am so, so lucky I am still alive."
Meg Lynch, 28, said she was "nearly beaten to death" as she stood getting a drink from a vending machine. The district nurse said she suffered "a few blows to the head" which left her bloodied and bruised before she fled her alleged attacker. She went to a nearby A&E unit for a CT scan and to have her "head sewn back together", she said.
