Stephen Timms was stabbed by a woman radicalised by al Qaeda YouTube lectures who went to shake his hand at a constituency surgery but stuck a six-inch kitchen knife into his stomach twice.
A former minister who was stabbed by a woman more than 11 years ago has said he would welcome the opportunity to meet her as part of a"restorative justice process".
Labour MP Stephen Timms said he has received a letter from Roshonara Choudhry, who is serving a life sentence for attempted murder, apologising for having stabbed him in the stomach at a constituency surgery in 2010. Following the murder of Conservative MP Sir David Amess in October, also at a constituency surgery, Mr Timms said he wanted to meet his attacker face to face before she is released from prison to forgive her.As MPs paid tribute to Sir David Amess last year, Mr Timms revealed he wanted to meet his attacker"I wasn't aware of their existence until the police gave all three of them."They were written over a period, I think.
"So we're in a restorative justice process at the moment which may lead to me meeting her at some point before she's released from prison.