Pirates ‘hurled faeces and threatened crew with infected blood’

Four Nigerian pirates cut themselves and threatened to infect sailors with their diseased blood on the cargo ship they were attempting to hijack, a court heard. The Special Boat Service sailed to the rescue on the Grande Tema ship in the Thames Estuary off the coast of Essex as the drama unfolded on 20 December last year. Samuel Jolumi, 27, Ishola Sunday, 28, Toheeb Popoola, 27, and Joberto McGee, 20, appeared in the dock at the Old Bailey wearing grey…