Terrorist's lawyer shocked his client committed London Bridge attack, saying he thought he was reformed
The lawyer for the London Bridge attacker has told the ABC he was shocked when he heard Usman Khan was responsible for the stabbing rampage, saying when he saw him last year he was convinced he was reformed.Khan sent a letter while in prison requesting he be placed in a deradicalisation programHis lawyer said he believed not enough was done to reform his client
Solicitor Vajahat Sharif has questioned whether enough was done to"deradicalise" Khan during the eight years he spent in prison.his jailing in 2012 for a terrorism offence, including a plot to blow up the London Stock Exchange"When he was arrested he was teenager, when he was sentenced he was 19 years old," Mr Sharif told the ABC.
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