26-year-old Khairi Saadallah, who pleaded guilty to murdering three gay men in Reading last year, has been sentenced to life in prison.
The victims were James Furlong, a 36-year-old history teacher, David Wails, a 49-year-old scientist, and Joseph Ritchie-Bennett, a 39-year-old pharmaceutical worker, who were killed on June 20 2020 in the city’s Forbury Gardens.
Saadallah also attacked Stephen Young, Patrick Edwards and Nishit Nisudan, who all survived the ordeal.
According to The Guardian, DCS Kath Barnes, the head of Counter Terrorism Policing South East, said: “The men he killed were not just murdered, they were executed at such a speed, they had very little chance to react or defend themselves.