A former friend is describing alleged bomb builder John Nuttall as gentle, but troubled.
"Kristina" does not want her last name used on air, she was friends with Nuttall back in the 1990's.
"He looked scary but in actuality he was one of the gentlest people you could know if you were on his good side."
But Kristina says Nuttall did get into bar fights, and seemed to be"searching".
"He was either involved in role playing games or alternative religions, so I really think that he had the need to belong to something, I mean he was lost."
Kristina says she last saw John Nuttall about six years ago when he was in a drug rehab program.
Photo: John Nuttall