7/7 and Mi5 inquests.

[Park Life 71]

The inquests of the 7 July suicide bombers will not be heard at the same time as their 52 victims, coroner Lady Justice Hallett said today.

 

Hallett told the Royal Courts of Justice in central London that the hearings would consider the role of MI5 and police prior to the 2005 terrorist attacks.

 

The judge had been asked to decide what form the inquests would take.

 

"The scope of the inquest into the 52 deaths will include the alleged intelligence failings and the immediate aftermath of the bombings," Hallett said.

 

"To my mind it is not too remote to investigate what was known in the year or two before the alleged bombings. Plots of this kind are not developed overnight."

 

Last month counsel for the Security Service and the home secretary said disclosing MI5 files about the four suicide bombers to the families of those killed in the London attacks would be "impossible". MI5 argued that investigating claims that it could have prevented the atrocities would involve "handing over the keys" to MI5's Thames House headquarters.

 

The judge said she would sit without a jury, and intends to grant "interested persons" status to relatives of those killed and the emergency services, but not to survivors.

 

"I am sure however that the survivors, despite not being granted interested persons status, will play an important part in the process," Hallett said.

 

"I will do all I can to make sure their interests are properly taken into account."

 

Relatives of the deceased had expressed dismay last year upon discovering the inquests of the bombers and their victims were to be held together."

 

 

I too would love to see what Mi5 already had on the bombers.

 

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/may/21/7...ictims-inquests

Edited May 21, 2010 by Park Life

[Rob W 0]

probably a s much as they have on you Parky

[Park Life 71]

probably a s much as they have on you Parky

 

Yeah nothing. Lovely double bluff by Meef.

[ChezGiven 0]

5 years ago today.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/ju...ks-police-chief

[Park Life 71]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/ju...ks-police-chief

 

Lambert said the government's decision to go down the wrong path took the police with them. Senior officers could have done more to tell the government their policies were making the task harder by alienating Muslims. "We could see the Bush-Rumsfeld approach would be counter-productive and impact on us as police officers in London. "There is still a duty on the police to let government know what the impact of their policies are, a duty on the police to report the damaging impact on Muslim community support."

 

 

Quiker we de-link our broad policy stroker the better. Been saying it for ages now. Yer British Muslim is quite different to ones in Europe and the US.