Owner of gym attended by London Bridge attack ringleader denies link to jihadi camp
THE owner of a gym and school attended by the London Bridge attack ringleader has denied he was involved with a jihadi camp in Pakistan.
Sajeel Shahid ran the gym and school in Ilford, East London, where Khuram Butt, 27, trained and taught the Koran.
Attackers Rachid Redouane, 30, and Youssef Zaghba, 22, also attended the gym.
The London Bridge inquest heard Mr Shahid was accused by a witness in a 2007 bomb plot trial of leading the Al-Muhajiroun network in Pakistan.
Mohammed Junaid Babar, whose evidence was read to the inquest, also said Mr Shahid was linked to a camp.
Mr Shahid told the Old Bailey inquest Mr Babar’s claims were “not true”.
It emerged Monday that families of the eight London Bridge victims will not get legal aid.
Lawyers acting pro-bono urged ministers to redress the “insulting” policy.
The inquest continues.
The Sun Says
THE least the Government can do for the families of London Bridge terror attack victims is give them Legal Aid.
The state has the finest lawyers taxpayers can afford representing its interests at the complex eight-week inquest. The relatives rely on charity from legal firms, if they’re lucky.
That cannot be right. Not when we are funding IS bride Shamima Begum’s fight against losing her UK citizenship.
These families have gone through a hideous ordeal. The Government must ease their burden.
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