A mentally ill man who thrust a kitchen knife into his mother’s face after accusing her of black magic has been sentenced to a Hospital Order with a restriction under the Mental Health Act.

Judge Jonathan Rose said it was “miraculous” Hafsa Begum was not more seriously maimed or even killed by the weapon that was buried to the hilt in her head.

Her son, Mohammed Zanul Islam Hussain, 21, admitted unlawfully wounding her at the family home in Water Lily Road, Heaton, Bradford, on August 13 last year.

Hussain, who has a chronic hypermaniac illness, was branded a public danger by Judge Rose, who said he had no insight and no sense of boundary.

Hussain was flanked in the dock at Bradford Crown Court yesterday by four hospital nursing staff and a prison officer.

His solicitor advocate, Simon Hustler, said he felt “heartfelt sorrow” at what he had done to his mother.

The court has heard Hussain suffered from bipolar disorder and paranoia and coped by drinking alcohol to excess.

On August 13, he woke up on the settee at about 8.30pm after sleeping off alcohol and began shouting at his mother, accusing her of black magic.

He got into a scuffle with his brother before fetching one, or probably two, knives from the kitchen.

His brother saw him strike Mrs Begum in the face, but thought the blow was a punch before discovering she had a blade embedded in her face.

Judge Rose branded the attack “a quite appalling and frightening piece of violent behaviour.”

The knife was thrust with such force into Mrs Begum’s face that the blade bent against her skull. She needed surgery to remove it.

Judge Rose said he was satisfied mother and son loved one another.

But Hussain was a dangerous man who could be capable of causing serious injury or death. He would pose a risk of serious harm to the public for the forseeable future.

He was returned to Newton Lodge medium secure hospital after the hearing.