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BBC News image copyrightMet Police image captionSaskia Jones, 23, and Jack Merritt, 25, were killed by Usman Khan during a conference on rehabilitating offenders Three simple facts became crystal clear over the course of the inquests into the Fishmongers Hall terrorism attack, in which Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones died at the hand of Usman Khan. Firstly, Khan, had entered and left prison as one of the most dangerous terrorism offenders of his generation. Secondly, while counter-terrorism exp...

First published on Fri 28 May 2021 08.32 EDT Failures by MI5, the police and the probation service all contributed to deaths in a terrorist attack at Fishmongers’ Hall in London, an inquest has concluded. Jack Merritt, 25, and Saskia Jones, 23, were unlawfully killed in the attack at a prisoner education event at the hall in November 2019, the inquest jury at the Guildhall in London found. The jury also concluded that “missed opportunities” in the way the attacker, Usman Khan, was investi...

Last modified on Fri 28 May 2021 10.53 EDT When MI5 marked its own homework over the Fishmongers’ Hall attack, it concluded there was nothing it could have done to stop Usman Khan, a convicted terrorist, from killing Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones. But evidence presented to the inquest into their deaths casts doubt on this rosy self-assessment and the jury criticised “missed opportunities for those with expertise”. Six weeks of testimony detailed numerous failed chances to stop Kh...

Convicted terrorist Usman Khan was attending a prisoner rehabilitation workshop near London Bridge in November 2019 when he fatally stabbed two people and injured three...

Inquest jurors concluded that Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones were unlawfully killed at Fishmongers' Hall.

By Press Association 2021 Usman Khan arriving at Bank station to attend a prisoner rehabilitation event at the hall near London Bridge (Metropolitan Police/PA) Extremists convicted of planning terrorist attacks should be given automatic life sentences, an independent watchdog has said. Jonathan Hall QC, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, was speaking after an inquest jury concluded a litany of failings contributed to the un...

Two Cambridge graduates stabbed to death by convicted terrorist in Fishmongers Hall attack were unlawfully killed after failures by police, MI5 and the probation service, inquest jury finds Jack Merritt, 25, and Saskia Jones, 23, were fatally stabbed by the fanatic at a rehabilitated prisoners event  Khan, 28, who wore a fake bomb vest, tackled by delegates armed with a narwhal tusk and fire extinguisher Today jury found the victims had been unlawfully killed and confirmed basic facts surround...

Jonathan Hall QC was speaking after an inquest jury blamed MI5 and police for a series of failings that left Fishmongers Hall terrorist Usman Khan free to kill two Cambridge graduates in 2019.

Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones died at the hands of Usman Khan.

Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones died at the hands of Usman Khan.