British graduates were unlawfully killed by terrorist

BBC ^ | May 28 | BBC

[RandFan]

Failings by MI5 and the police contributed to the deaths of two graduates who were killed by a convicted terrorist, a jury has found.

Cambridge University alumni Saskia Jones and Jack Merritt were stabbed by Usman Khan at a rehabilitation event at Fishmongers' Hall in November 2019.

Khan had been released from prison 11 months previously, the inquests at London's Guildhall heard.

The jury concluded that both victims had been unlawfully killed.

Jurors found there had been unacceptable management and a lack of accountability in the oversight of Khan, who had been allowed to travel on his own to London.

They concluded there had been failures in the sharing of information between state agencies responsible for monitoring the convicted terrorist.

Khan, who was from Stafford, had been released from prison in December 2018 after spending eight years in jail for planning to set up a terrorist training camp in Pakistan.

The 28-year-old stabbed Mr Merritt, 25, and Ms Jones inside the hall before he was chased along London Bridge by members of the public and shot dead by police.

[RandFan]

Another massive failure by the intelligence services. When will they be held to account?

[Little Ray]

Was there a way they could be lawfully killed?

[FreedomPoster]

Clearly the UK needs more knife control.

< /s>, if I really need to.

Many Brits would be horrified at my kitchen cutlery collection. They would consider me to have far too many assault knives. Insanity.

[BenLurkin]

[RandFan]

it’s a legal finding that can then lead to an investigation etc

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unlawful_killing

[Presbyterian Reporter]

“””British graduates were unlawfully killed by terrorist”””

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And in other news, three graduates in Liverpool were lawfully killed by terrorist.

[Pollard]

the jab

[Celerity]

Could they be lawfully killed? Sure, for their political beliefs and not being vaccinated I guess.

[Covenantor]

BBC Headline

“British graduates were unlawfully killed by terrorist”

Guessing that the Beeb has gone Full-Woke-Retard, replacing edit staff with non-English speakers who rely on babblefish.

[Rummyfan]

The jury concluded that both victims had been unlawfully killed.

Unlawfully killed? As opposed to lawfully killed? WTF?!

The 28-year-old stabbed Mr Merritt, 25, and Ms Jones inside the hall before he was chased along London Bridge by members of the public and shot dead by police.

At least the perp was lawfully killed too!

[Little Ray]

Unlawful Killing a legal finding. It seems pretty nonsensical to me:

In English law, unlawful killing is a verdict that can be returned by an inquest in England and Wales when someone has been killed by one or more unknown persons. The verdict means that the killing was done without lawful excuse and in breach of criminal law. This includes murder, manslaughter, infanticide and causing death by dangerous driving. A verdict of unlawful killing generally leads to a police investigation, with the aim of gathering sufficient evidence to identify, charge and prosecute those responsible.

The inquest does not normally name any individual person as responsible. The standard of proof is that the unlawful killing must be beyond a reasonable doubt. If this standard is not met, a verdict of accidental death or death by misadventure on the balance of probabilities may be returned.

Translated into American, "Yep. Someone killed him. The sheriff oughta look into that." You'd think they could do that without an inquest.
IIRC, they already have eyewitnesses and a dead perp. Why did they need an inquest?

[Seruzawa]

This is part of how the Brit Legal system operates. From here they can move on to further action.

[Seruzawa]

It’s just their system. An inquest is done for a death. The police do investigate crimes on their own as well.

[bigfootbob]

Me too, I just bought another Black Victorinox 8” Assault Chef’s knife. Now I have two, one for each hand so I can show off chopping Parsley with two identical chef’s assault knives. I also have a back up Black Victorinox 12” Assault Scimitar that would make the average Brit poop their pants. And those are just a few of my fav’s.

[Little Ray]

But the perp is DEAD.
There is nothing further to investigate.
Except maybe why the Queen’s subjects were so defenseless in the face of a Moslem Moron with a knife.

[Seruzawa]

The plaintiffs can go after the govt for releasing the perp now.

[Little Ray]

Okay, that makes sense.
“The victims were unlawfully killed by someone for whom the Crown was responsible.”

[skimbell]

See, that's the problem
You should ALWAYS kill someone legally.
Just too many thing can cause problems for you any other way.

[robowombat]

Reads like a parody. No one was carrying anything. Fish Mongers Hall did have a deadly Narwhal tusk on display and the muzzard was chased onto London Bridge by perhaps a visiting Eskimo, where a Bobby shot the terrorist. Cannot make this up.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Was there a way they could be lawfully killed?

Trial, conviction and execution.