A minister has said he is happy to meet the families of three men stabbed to death in a Reading park.
Khairi Saadallah killed James Furlong, David Wails and Joe Ritchie-Bennett in Forbury Gardens in June 2020.
According to the BBC, Judge Coroner Sir Adrian Fulford found major problems with intelligence sharing between authorities at an inquest which concluded in April.
Home Office minister Dan Jarvis told the House of Commons he would be happy to meet the victims’ families to discuss changes following Sir Adrian's conclusions.
The BBC reported that Saadallah was given a whole-life term in 2021 after admitting murder and the attempted murder of three other men.
He arrived in the UK in 2012 as a teenage refugee, having fought in the Libyan revolution, and suffered from PTSD, among other conditions.
Saadallah had extensive contact with mental health services, but Sir Adrian said he was "caught in a catch-22" with no continuity of care.
He concluded it was "at least possible" Saadallah would never have attacked the men if his mental health had been correctly managed by authorities.
Sir Adrian also said if intelligence about the high risk he posed had been shared properly he might have been detained by police.
The BBC reports that Paula Barker, Liverpool Wavertree's MP, said Mr Furlong’s father Gary and others were “demanding that [Sir Adrian's conclusions] is not just another report that sits on the shelf gathering dust”.
Mr Jarvis told her: “Our deepest condolences are with the loved ones of James, Joseph and David following their tragic deaths.
“I can assure [Mrs Barker] and the families that we will do everything in our power to stop this from happening again.
"We will of course be happy to meet the families to discuss changes and of course I would be happy to meet [Mrs Barker] and her constituent [Mr Furlong] to discuss this matter further,” he added.
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