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Reading park attack: Agency failures contributed to deaths - coroner - BBC News Reading park attack: Agency failures contributed to deaths - coroner - BBC News
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Nikki Mitchell A stone memorial to David Wails, Joe Ritchie-Bennett and James Furlong was unveiled in Forbury Gardens last year.
Home Affairs Correspondent, BBC South James Furlong's dad Gary said the sadness he felt walking into the gardens "hit" him straight away.
With regards to Saadallah's mental health, Sir Adrian concluded there should have been greater focus on the risk he posed to the public. He previously told the BBC: "What we wanted was something that gave the boys longevity, so that they were permanently in the history of Reading and Forbury Gardens.
Saadallah was repeatedly categorised as "low risk", an approach which "failed to take into account his volatility". "It's important that they're not just remembered today, but they're remembered in 30, 40, 50 years' time.
Sir Adrian said Saadallah "should have been recognised as a high-risk patient in danger of causing serious harm". "They should never, never be forgotten."
He added there was a "lack of long-term [mental health] therapy which could have reduced the risk he posed".
In prison Saadallah had "no chance of receiving the psychological help" he needed, to "break the cycle of offending", Sir Adrian found.
He concluded there should have been at least the possibility of therapy starting in prison.
As the killer moved between the community and prison, there was a "tendency to close his case" by each agency dealing with him when he moved on.
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