Age: 26
Sex: male
Crime: murder
End Of Full Sentence: Whole Life Tariff
Place: Forbury Gardens, Reading
Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
Khairi Saadallah was convicted of the murders of James Furlong 36, David Wails 49 and Joseph Ritchie-Bennett 39. He was also convicted of three other counts of atempted murder.
He stabbed them all in Forbury Gardens, Reading on Saturday 20 June 202 as they sat in the park at avout 7pm.
As he stabbed them he was heard to shout out 'Allahu Akhbar' but he denied that his attack was motivated by an ideological cause.
James Furlong, David Wails and Joseph Ritchie-Bennett were all homosexuals and had been well known members of the Reading LGBT+ community.
Khairi Saadallah also stabbed three other people that had been sat nearby in a group and was convicted of their attempted murders.
He was given a whole life tarrif for the murders and 24-years for each of the attempted murder.
He had come to the United Kingdom from Libya in 2012.
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