UK: Convicted jihad terrorist had friendly chat with woman at deradicalization event, then stabbed her in the neck

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“Jihadi terrorist Usman Khan sat beside prisoner rehab volunteer, 23, moments before fatally stabbing her in the neck in Fishmonger’s Hall attack, inquest hears,” by Arthur Martin and Jack Wright, Daily Mail, April 13, 2021:

‘[At 11.56pm] he appears to be talking to Saskia Jones,’ Jonathan Hough QC, counsel to the inquest, said. ‘We see him talking quite animatedly.’

DCI Brown replied: ‘Yes, we don’t know what the content of that conversation was.’

Khan scratched a symbol meaning ‘Allah’ into the blades he used to kill the victims, the inquest heard….

During the hearing today, statements and pen portraits were read aloud on behalf of the victims’ loved ones.

Jurors heard that Mr Merritt had worked at The Punter Pub in Cambridge for a short time where his boss believed he was ‘destined to do great things’ and remembered him for his ‘swagger.’…

Friends from Manchester University, where Mr Merritt studied at undergraduate level and achieved a First, said: ‘It was clear that Jack was intelligent, but when we started to study miscarriages of justice in further detail, it became clear how strongly Jack felt about criminal justice.’…

‘But Jack was also angry, frustrated, selfless and stubborn. He was angry because he saw our society failing those most in need….

Yes, but not in the way he thought.