On Monday, Saadallah was sentenced to spend his whole life in jail for the attacks on 20 June 2020. Sentencing him at the Old Bailey to a whole-life order, Mr Justice Sweeney said the attack had been driven by terrorism. Harborne said he had not been concerned that Saadallah would commit an ideologically driven terrorist attack, but that he would commit a violent attack because of his serious mental health problems. He said: “I witnessed first-hand his capacity for violence and saw how quickly his mental health could deteriorate when under the influence of alcohol. We were always concerned there was the potential of him committing some kind of atrocity in the future because of his mental health.”,” said Harborne.

Source: The Guardian January 11, 2021 18:22 UTC