Former GCHQ Worker and ‘Terrorist’ Jailed for Attempting to Murder US National Security Agency Employee

A man has been jailed for life after attempting to murder an American woman who worked at GCHQ, Britain’s intelligence and eavesdropping centre.

A courtroom sketch of Joshua Bowles appearing at London's Westminster Magistrates' Court in London on Mar. 16, 2023. Elizabeth Cook/PA

LONDON—A former GCHQ worker who described himself as a “terrorist” has been jailed for life for attempting to murder an employee of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA).

Joshua Bowles, 29, was told he must serve at least 13 years behind bars for repeatedly stabbing the woman—who was working at GCHQ, Britain’s intelligence and eavesdropping centre—at a leisure centre in Cheltenham on March 9 this year.