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Police wrongly thought probation knew Usman Khan could be planning terror attack Lizzie Dearden © Provided by The Independent A senior counter-terror police officer wrongly thought probation officers knew that a released terrorist may be planning an attack, an inquest has heard. Usman Khan, 28, murdered two people at a rehabilitation event at Fishmongers’ Hall in London in November 2019. He launched the attack 11 months after being freed from prison, where he had served a se...

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A counter-terror police officer has agreed his team should have raised a concern about homegrown jihadi Usman Khan’s visit to a prisoner education event, at which he killed two Cambridge University graduates. Detective Sergeant Jon Stephenson, from Staffordshire Police Special Branch, said he agreed in hindsight that the decision to allow 28-year-old Khan to travel without escort to central London was a risk. Khan stabbed to death Jack Merritt, 25, and Saskia Jones, 23, at a celebration from ...

A counter-terrorism officer has admitted that police should have raised concerns about letting a convicted terrorist travel to a London event where he launched a deadly attack. Usman Khan, 28, murdered two people at a celebration held by Cambridge University’s Learning Together education programme at Fishmongers’ Hall in 2019. The inquests into his victims’ deaths heard that the probation officers, police and MI5 agents monitoring him did not...

13:14 EDT, 17 May 2021 A counter-terror police officer has agreed his team should have raised a concern about jihadi Usman Khans visit to a prisoner education event where he killed two Cambridge University graduates. Det Sgt Jon Stephenson, from Staffordshire Police Special Branch, said he agreed in hindsight that the decision to allow 28-year-old Khan to travel without escort to central London was a risk. Khan stabbed to death Jack Merritt, 25, and Saskia Jones, 23, at a celebration from Cam...

BBC News Published image captionSaskia Jones and Jack Merritt were killed by Usman Khan at the conference on offender rehabilitation A counter-terror detective has admitted he should have considered the risk posed by the Fishmongers Hall attacker travelling to London unescorted. Det Sgt Jon Stephenson said that in hindsight, the decision to allow Usman Khan to attend a prison education event on 29 November 2019, was a risk. Jack Merritt, 25, and Saskia Jones, 23, were stabbed to death by Khan a...

No record exists of any “positive” decision to allow convicted terrorist Usman Khan to attend Fishmongers’ Hall where he launched a deadly attack, an inquest has heard. Khan, 28, had been released under strict licence conditions 11 months before he travelled to London to attend a Learning Together event on November 29 2019. He fatally stabbed Cambridge graduates Saskia Jones, 23, and Jack Merritt, 25, in Fishmongers’ Hall before he was shot dead on London Bridge. Nigel Byford, who chair...

No record exists of any “positive” decision to allow convicted terrorist Usman Khan to attend Fishmongers’ Hall where he launched a deadly attack, an inquest has heard. Khan, 28, had been released under strict licence conditions 11 months before he travelled to London to attend a Learning Together event on November 29 2019. He fatally stabbed Cambridge graduates Saskia Jones, 23, and Jack Merritt, 25, in Fishmongers’ Hall before he was shot dead on London Bridge. Nigel Byford, who chair...

Usman Khan killed Saskia Jones and Jack Merritt in London before he was shot dead by police on London Bridge.

Usman Khan killed Saskia Jones and Jack Merritt in London before he was shot dead by police on London Bridge.