Hospital gunman wanted ‘death by cop’

A gunman caught with an air pistol outside a hospital wanted to be shot by police officers, a court heard. Darren Brain, 41, was armed with a black BB handgun when he was arrested outside the Royal Marsden Hospital in Chelsea on 19 April. Brain, of no fixed address, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court charged with possession of an imitation firearm in a public place. David Burns, prosecuting, said: ‘The circumstances behind this particular case are the police were called…