Police at the scene of assault in Shalbourne, near Marlborough Picture: GAZETTE AND HERALD A Nightingale Hospital facilities manager accused of trying to kill his mother and step-dad told his colleagues he’d not slept for days. James Wells’ boss at contracting firm ISS, which was kitting out the temporary coronavirus hospital at the Excel Centre last spring, described the 43-year-old as looking hours before the attack as if he had run a marathon. Wells, of Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire, denies the attempted murder of mum Linda Holford and step-dad Adrian on March 30, 2020, at their home near Marlborough and assaulting a police officer at Swindon hospital. He has pleaded not guilty on reasons of insanity.