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

A convicted terrorist’s “poster boy image” blinded authorities to the threat before he launched an attack on Fishmongers’ Hall, killing two young people, an inquest jury has concluded. A catalogue of failures and omissions contributed to the deaths of Jack Merritt, 25, and Saskia Jones, 23, at the hands of Usman Khan, the jury found on Friday. Afterwards, Mr Merritt’s father Dave Merritt said the arrangements for managing Khan following his release from prison were “not fit for purp...

Relatives of two Cambridge graduates who were killed by a convicted terrorist lambasted the security services last night for shambolic blunders which contributed to the atrocity. At the climax of a dramatic inquest into the attack at Fishmongers Hall in central London, a jury ruled that MI5, the police and the probation service were all at fault. Jurors concluded that missed opportunities by the agencies contributed to the killing of Jack Merritt, 25, and Saskia Jones, 23, by jihadi Usman Khan....

News Statement following the Fishmongers Hall inquest Today the thoughts of the Cambridge community are with the families of Saskia Jones and Jack Merritt, and with others whose lives were irrevocably changed by the terrible events at Fishmongers’ Hall. As we reflect in the weeks ahead on lessons to be learned from the inquest, we are grateful to the many witnesses who testified to the value of Learning Together in helping many of those who take part to make posit...

He was also being covertly investigated by MI5 and police, jurors have heard. The inquest has heard that Khan was allowed to attend the Fishmongers’ Hall event unaccompanied, despite signs he was becoming increasingly isolated and had failed to find employment. Khan travelled to London by train and is believed to have put on a fake suicide vest under his bulky jacket on the way. He strapped two knives to his hands in the men’s toilets at the venue then fatally stabbed Cambridge graduates Ms...

Jack Merritt, 25, and Saskia Jones, 23, were fatally stabbed by Usman Khan in 2019.

BBC News Published image copyrightPA Media image captionJames Ford was one of the individuals who tackled terrorist Usman Khan on London Bridge in November 2019 A murderer who tried to help one of the victims of the London Bridge terror attack has been cleared by the Parole Board to be freed from prison. James Ford was jailed for life in 2004 after admitting the murder of a woman with the mental age of a 15-year-old. Amanda Champion, 21, was strangled and slashed across the throat in a random a...

Factory worker James Ford was handed a life sentence in 2004 after admitting the murder of a woman with the mental age of a 15-year-old.

Officials who managed Khan after he was freed and participated in public protection meetings have said they did not know about the attack-planning intelligence. Kenneth Skelton, Khan’s probation officer, previously told the inquests that if he had been told, “the whole management process would have been altered”, potentially including the decision to let Khan attend the event where he launched the attack. Detective Chief Inspector Ryan Chambers, of the West Midlands Police Counter-Terrori...

The officer leading the covert operation into Usman Khan did not know the panel assessing his risk were unaware of his suspicious activities.