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Mosque attacker who set fire to worshippers to be sentenced - BBC News Mosque attacker who set fire to worshippers to be sentenced - BBC News
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Adnaan Riaz, Mr Rayaz's son, is telling the court about the impact of the attack. The son of the first victim, 82-year-old Hashi Odowa, said his father used to be a "very confident fit and independent pensioner".
He said his father was very lucky to be alive and still finds it hard to recognise him, because of the facial injuries sustained in the attack in Birmingham. He said the attack had a "wide and terrible impact on him physically and psychologically" and described how his father had needed skin grafts on his left ear.
Speaking about the attack, he said: "I'm still shocked and it all feels so surreal. He said his father was still receiving hospital treatment and visiting and audiologist because of hearing loss.
"Never a moment of the day goes past that I do not think about this heinous attack which runs through my head daily." Since the attack in Ealing, he said: "He has become anxious in public and social outings. As he feels people are staring at his severely scarred skin."
Mr Riaz said the attack had made his family anxious and cautious and he said: "We look over our shoulders when we go outside. He said his father did not go out as much and only visited his mosque occasionally and with an escort, because he was afraid of further attacks.
"I'm personally finding it hard to sleep and switch off." His father also constantly wakes up in the night screaming about being set on fire and asking for help, he added.
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