(BBC) A former counter-terrorism detective agreed an investigation was prematurely closed into a man later convicted of helping an alleged extremist flee the UK after murdering an imam.
Former detective inspector Frank Morris, who retired from Greater Manchester Police in 2021, told a public inquiry the investigation into Mohammed Syadul Hussain should not have ended in 2014.
The inquiry is aiming to establish whether intelligence failures contributed to the death of imam Jalal Uddin, 71.
Father-of-seven Mr Uddin was bludgeoned with a hammer in a children’s play area in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, on 18 February 2016.
Hussain, from Rochdale, came under police scrutiny after his eight-year-old nephew in Hull went into school saying he wanted to join the Taliban, the hearing at Liverpool Crown Court was told.
