Armed police lawfully killed Fishmongers Hall terrorist Usman Khan by shooting him 20 times over the space of 10 minutes after he stabbed two Cambridge graduates to death, an inquest jury found today.
The jury ruled that police believed Khan was pulling for the trigger on his fake suicide vest when they unleashed a second volley of shots at him after he sat up and opened his jacket on London Bridge.
One officer shot Usman Khan twice at close range but did not kill him and another five officers then discharged 18 more rounds when he sat up, eight minutes later. Only 12 of the rounds hit him and two caused fatal injuries.
Our walk begins in Upper Walmer, an inland village where, if you look closely, you can still get a sense of its medieval origins.
Peek over the wall of Old St Mary’s church, and you’ll see the romantic stone and flint remains of Walmer Court. Built in the 12th century, this was once the manor house – the beating heart of the village – which owned and controlled the land and the villagers lives.
Unlike its flashier neighbour Deal, today, Upper Walmer feels out of the way, off the beaten track even. But this is no accident.
Thanks to its proximity to the coast, Walmer’s fate has long been linked to the sea. From at least the 18th century, a spit of land grew northwards from Walmer to Deal.
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DEFERRED: Adelaide House in Malvern; Cllr John Raine A DECISION over whether to allow a controversial plan to convert a former care home into flats has been delayed. Malvern Hills District Council s planning committee agreed to defer a decision on Rooftop Housing s plan to convert Adelaide House in Malvern into eight flats over concerns about parking. The former care home in Park Road would be converted into eight flats with 11 car parking spaces but councillors delayed a decision to allow for a visit to see the size of the land. Cllr John Raine said he, and the rest of West Malvern, was pleased to see plans to refurbish and reawaken Adelaide House but was concerned about the space set aside for parking.