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Usman Khan sitting at a table with Saskia Jones, who he would later kill in the Fishmongers Hall terror attacks Want Stoke-on-Trent news emailed to you direct from our journalists? Sign up to our newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourpri...

Usman Khan, 28, from Staffordshire, killed Cambridge graduates Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones at a prisoner education event he was invited to in 2019.

Homegrown terrorist Usman Khan sought to diminish the seriousness of his offending during his frustrated attempts to find a job following his release from prison, an inquest jury heard. The 28-year-old promised Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) staff he had moved away from terrorism, and was no longer having “dark thoughts” following his eight-year sentence in prison for plotting a jihadi training camp in his parents’ homeland of Pakistan. Even in the days before he fatally stabbed C...

Prison governor thought of London Bridge terror attacker as ‘success story’ Matthew Weaver Hero of London Bridge terror attack to have murder sentence reduced Replay Video © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: West Midlands Police/PA A prison governor has defended allowing the terrorist Usman Khan to take part in a Learning Together education programme before his deadly attack at London’s Fishmongers’ Hall. William Styles, who was governor for most of Khan’s time a...

Last modified on Fri 30 Apr 2021 13.09 EDT A prison governor has defended allowing the terrorist Usman Khan to take part in a Learning Together education programme before his deadly attack at Fishmongers’ Hall in London. William Styles, who was governor for most of Khan’s time at the jail for terrorist offences, told an inquest that months before Khan killed Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones at a prisoner education event run by Learning Together in November 2019, he had thought Khan was �...

BBC News Published image captionSaskia Jones and Jack Merritt were killed by Usman Khan during a conference on rehabilitating offenders A convicted terrorist was seen as a "success story" for an educational project prior to killing two of its members at Londons Fishmongers Hall. Usman Khan stabbed Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones to death at a Learning Together event in November 2019. The inquests into their deaths were told Khan was allowed to join the programme despite "concern was he was a (ter...

20:20, 30 APR 2021 Usman Khan as he was in 2012 Want Stoke-on-Trent news emailed to you direct from our journalists? Sign up to our newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice Killer Usman Khan insisted he did not have terrorist...

Fishmongers’ Hall attacker was deemed safe to start prison course despite terror concerns Liam James © Provided by The Independent Prison staff considered Fishmongers Hall attacker Usman Khan safe to join an inmate education programme whose academics he would later stab, despite intelligence he was still involved in radicalisation and gang-related violence, an inquest heard. Senior staff at HMP Whitemoor in Cambridgeshire concluded Khan could join a creative writing course r...

08:56 EDT, 30 April 2021 102 shares A prison governor said Fishmongers Hall attacker Usman Khan was a completely reformed prisoner before he went on to fatally stab two Cambridge graduates. Will Styles was in charge of HMP Whitemoor in Cambridgeshire before Khans release in December 2018.  The inquest jury was shown a police document which stated a prison governor - believed to be Mr Styles - spoke glowingly about Khan at Whitemoor in summer 2019, which Khan was invited to attend as a guest...

Fishmongers’ Hall attacker Usman Khan was considered safe to enrol on an inmate education programme whose academics he would later stab, despite intelligence he was still involved in radicalisation and gang-related violence in jail, his former prison governor said. Will Styles, who was in charge of HMP Whitemoor in Cambridgeshire before Khan’s release in December 2018, said senior staff concluded Khan should be allowed to join a creative writing course run by Learning Together. Mr Styles sa...