Reading terror stabbings inquest due to conclude - BBC News
Reading terror stabbings inquest due to conclude - BBC News
(32 minutes later)
Nikki Mitchell
Judge Coroner Sir Adrian Fulford has concluded the deaths of Mr Wails, Mr Furlong and Mr Ritchie-Bennett were "avoidable".
Home Affairs Correspondent, BBC South
Addressing the court, Sir Adrian spoke of Saadallah's "volatility" and "terrorist mindset".
He said: "It is my view that these three deaths were avoidable."
Thames Valley Police also failed to notify the probation service about the call they’d had from Saadallah’s brother, the inquest heard.
An urgent, out-of-hours recall could have been actioned by the probation service - had they been given the information.
This was a missed opportunity to get Saadallah off the streets and back into prison, the day before he went into Forbury Gardens in Reading, killed three people, injured three others and attempted to kill many more.
Ultimately, this man wasn’t just "known" to the authorities - he was "very well known".
As a result of all of the many conclusions read out by Sir Adrian Fulford, in his role as judge coroner, he will be issuing numerous Prevention of Future Death notices to government ministers, government departments and many other state agencies.
The conclusions are still continuing.
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