THE brother of Reading terror attack victim Joe Ritchie-Bennett has described the "living nightmare" he and his family have endured since his sibling's death.
US citizen Joseph "Joe", to his family, 39, was killed on June 20 last year when 26-year-old Khairi Saadallah launched a knife attack in Forbury Gardens.
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History teacher James Furlong, 36, and scientist Dr David Wails, 49, were also killed in the attack in as the victims were enjoying a summer evening in the popular picnic spot after the first lockdown restrictions in England were relaxed.
Saadallah was recently handed a whole-life sentence at The Old Bailey after pleading guilty to three murders and three attempted murders.
Speaking from Philadelphia, Joseph's brother Robert Ritchie, 44, said he feels every day that he is living in a nightmare.
He also described the terrors he has since experienced after hearing harrowing details about his brother's murder.
PICTURED: Joseph Ritchie-Bennett. Family handout from TVP
"I have repeated nightmares of him being murdered the way that he was murdered," Me Ritchie said, speaking on what would have been Joseph's 40th birthday (January 22).
"I probably can't say the things that we learned, but Joe died extremely violently and hearing the way that he, James and David died, which were equally violently and awful - it's unbearable, it's unacceptable.
"No one wants their family member to die anyway, and we all have this hope that it's going to be in your 80s or 90s, maybe even 100 if you're so lucky, very peacefully in bed.
"We all want that for everyone.
"Joe, James and David didn't deserve to go out like that."
PICTURED: Brother of Joe Ritchie-Bennett, Robert Ritchie
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Mr Ritchie also described that, at the exact time Joe was being killed, he had been out with him family for lunch and experienced a strange sensation where he was left "freaked out" and wanting to leave.
He didn't learn of his brother's death until the next morning US time.
PICTURED: Joseph Ritchie-Bennett pictured with his family including brother Robert pictured on the right. Family handout from TVP
Describing his late brother, Mr Ritchie said that Joe was "full of life," and the only person he knew who had been looking forward to turning 40.
"He had his whole life ahead of him," Robert added.
"He was young, he was vibrant, he was healthy, he was in great shape."
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