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Man who took pressure cooker bomb into hospital jailed for life

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Mohammad Farooq was sentenced to a minimum term of 37 years at Sheffield Crown Court .

He was convicted of attempting to launch an IS-inspired suicide attack using a homemade bomb.

The bomb would have been twice as powerful as those used by the Boston Marathon bombers.

Judge praised the actions of Nathan Newby , the patient who talked him out of exploding device.

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