15:21 EDT, 10 May 2021
Fishmongers Hall terrorist Usman Khan told Jobcentre staff he wanted to be a youth worker and help the Metropolitan Police , an inquest jury heard.
The 28-year-old explained to work coach Liz Young how he wanted to prevent young people becoming radicalised in the same way he did.
Khan was meeting with Stafford Jobcentre employee Ms Young on a regular basis following his release from prison in December 2018 after serving eight years for plotting a terrorist training camp in Pakistan.
Despite 11 months of unsuccessful job-seeking after his release into the community, Khan seemed to be upbeat right up until when he travelled to London and fatally stabbed Cambridge graduates Jack Merritt, 25, and Saskia Jones, 23, Ms Young said.
10:33 EDT, 7 May 2021
A prison psychologist has told how she was very worried about convicted terrorist Usman Khan before he was released and carried out the Fishmongers Hall attack.
Giving evidence at an inquest on Friday, Ieva Cechaviciute said a colleague had previously regarded Khan as superficial and full of hot air .
But following a series of interviews over six-and-a-half hours, Ms Cechaviciute was left very worried ahead of his impending release into the community.
The witness had spoken to Khan in January 2018 at HMP Whitemoor for an Extremism Risk Guidelines (ERG) report.
Giving evidence at an inquest on Friday, Ieva Cechaviciute said a colleague had previously regarded Khan as superficial and full of hot air
11:02 EDT, 6 May 2021
Fishmongers Hall terrorist Usman Khan thought hook-handed hate cleric Abu Hamza had lost his edge and mellowed - yet was still allowed to visit the conference where he carried out his killer attack.
Khan, 28, whined to his theological mentor - who cannot be named - he had been scolded by the notorious extremist when they met behind bars in 2012.
Finsbury Park fanatic Hamza, 63, told him off for using bad language, leaving the younger extremist disappointed in him.
The extraordinary encounter and insight into his mindset were revealed at the inquest into Khan s two victims Cambridge graduates Jack Merritt, 25, and Saskia Jones, 23.