Series of failings in terror supervision condemned

(BBC) A catalogue of failings have been found in the way people convicted of terror-related offences are monitored by the authorities in England and Wales.

An independent review found “gaps” in the powers used to check up on such offenders.

And it highlighted an “unreliable” flow of information about their behaviour, such as remarks “glorifying” terrorism.

The review was launched after convicted terrorist Usman Khan killed two people in an attack in London in November.

Khan had been on licence from prison when he fatally stabbed Saskia Jones and Jack Merritt at Fishmongers’ Hall near London Bridge on 29 November last year.

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