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| I'm a victim too says the widow of 7/7 bomber, in legal aid claim that could delay inquest |
| 2010-08-26 |
| The widow of a July 7 suicide bomber yesterday launched a High Court bid to be represented at the victims’ inquest - saying she had also suffered the loss of a loved one in the atrocity. Hasina Patel, whose husband was terrorist mastermind Mohammad Sidique Khan, is seeking legal aid to challenge the coroner’s decision to exclude Khan’s death from the hearing for the 52 victims of the 2005 London bombings. If the mother of one’s application is granted, October’s long-awaited inquest could be delayed by months of legal wrangling, to the distress of those who have waited more than five years for it to take place. Lawyers for Miss Patel claim there should be ‘no material distinction’ between her and the families of those killed, because she ‘equally suffered the loss of a relative’. But the move will anger bereaved families, who do not want the deaths of the terrorists included in the same inquest as the 52 innocents whose lives they took. Miss Patel hopes to overturn the decision made by Lady Justice Hallett in May to hold a separate hearing into the deaths of the four bombers - Mohammad Sidique Khan, 30, Shehzad Tanweer, 22, Hasib Hussain, 18, and Jermaine Lindsay, 19. The Government has already agreed to give legal aid to the families of the 52 victims. But Miss Patel’s request for equal funding was refused in May this year. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #4 Miss Patel is a 'widow'? I thought widows had to have dead husbands. Section her for being (moderately) insane. |
| Posted by: Rhodesiafever 2010-08-26 21:33 |
| #3 This sounds as bad (or worse) than the case several years ago in California where two guys went on a rampage shooting cops etc. They were finally brought down even though they had body armor. Then the families sued the cops!!! The claim was that the police just let them bleed to death rather than getting an ambulance. I don't know how the case turned out but the cops still had to defend themselves. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2010-08-26 17:24 |
| #2 Pure evil; no shame. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2010-08-26 15:23 |
| #1 The bathroom is the most dangerous room in the home. You could "slip and fall on a wet floor and bash your head in". You could be "electrocuted" while using an electrical device around water. You could "drown" in the tub. All kinds of "accidents" happen in the bathroom... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-08-26 12:47 |