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Published May 14. 2021 3:30PM
Lacy and Ed Johnson, Special to The Times
On Sunday, May 2, we lost our dear friend and retired fire chief, Richard Latham, after a long illness.
Over 35 years ago, when our family first moved to Noank, we became involved with both the Noank Baptist Church and the Noank Volunteer Fire Department. At that time, we came to know both Richard and his wife Joan Latham, who were both very active leaders in this local community.
Richard was raised in Noank, graduated from Fitch High, then worked in production and pipe-fitting at Dow Chemical from 1952 until his retirement.
Jailed terrorist suspected of radicalising Salman Abedi loses key battle in Arena bombing inquiry legal war
Abdalraouf Abdallah is refusing to attend, arguing he is unfit to give evidence because of his fragile mental state
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Abdalraouf Abdallah (Image: Greater Manchester Police/PA Wire)
A jailed terrorist recruiter suspected of radicalising Salman Abedi may yet be forced to give evidence to the public inquiry into the Manchester Arena bombing after he lost a key legal battle.
Abdalraouf Abdallah, 27, from Moss Side, is refusing to attend, arguing he is unfit to give evidence because of his fragile mental state and that he has no confidence that the inquiry would treat him fairly.
Abdalraouf Abdallah, 27, refuses to co-operate with Manchester Arena inquiry
He was visited by terrorist Salman Abedi in prison months before 2017 bombing
Lawyers for the families of the 22 victims want him to give evidence to inquiry
Abdallah s lawyer told the inquiry he denies grooming Abedi prior to the attack
A psychiatrist s report concluded Abdallah was unfit to give evidence to inquiry