khairi saadallah killed james furlong, david wails, and joseph ritchie—bennett during the two—minuteondent daniel sandford is at the old bailey now. daniel. yes, with less than three weeks to go before his trial was due to start, the reading attacker, khairi saadallah, in a late afternoon court hearing has now pleaded guilty to all three murders and all three attempted murders. khairi saadallah had onlyjust been released from prison, where he was serving a sentence for three assaults and for possessing a knife when he carried out what the prosecution says was a terrorist attack. it was a warm june evening as the first covid lockdown was starting to ease when khairi saadallah launched his extremely rapid and deadly attack. forbury gardens was full of people. the pubs, including the nearby blagrave arms, popular with reading's gay community, were still shut. three friends from the pub — a schoolteacher called james furlong, an american customer service manager called joseph richie—bennett, and a scientist called david wails — was sitting together when they were all stabbed from behind.

james furlong and joseph richie—bennett died from single stab wound to the backs of their necks.and minutes later, khairi saadallah was arrested. he'd apparently deliberately cut himself to make it look like he was a victim. he'd only recently been released from prison. today, the 26—year—old pleaded guilty to three counts of murder and three counts of the attempted murder of stephen young, patrick edwards and nishit nisudan. at a hearing here at the old bailey next month, the prosecution will argue that he should be given a whole—life tariff, that he should never be released from prison. they say that this was an ideologically motivated terrorist attack and that it was substantially premeditated. khairi saadallah's lawyers will argue that the sentence should be reduced because he has a history of poor mental health. daniel sandford, bbc news, at the old bailey. hundreds of thousands of people living in blocks of flats with flammable cladding and other fire safety issues say delays in making their homes safe are leaving them thousands of pounds out of pocket many fear bankruptcy.

khairi saadallah killed james furlong, david wails, and joseph ritchie—bennett during the two—minute reports. it was a warm june evening as the first covid lockdown was starting to ease when khairi saadallah launched his extremely rapid and deadly attack. forbury gardens was full of people. the pubs, including the nearby blagrave arms, popular with reading's gay community, were still shut. three friends from the pub — a schoolteacher called james furlong, an american customer service manager called joseph richie—bennett and a scientist called david wails — were sitting together when they were all stabbed from behind. james furlong and joseph richie—bennett were killed with single stab wound to the backs of their necks. david wails died from two stab wounds. minutes later, khairi saadallah was arrested. he'd apparently deliberately cut himself to make it look like he was a victim. the 26—year—old pleaded guilty to three counts of murder and three counts of the attempted murder of stephen young, patrick edwards and nishit nisudan. at a hearing at the old bailey next month, the prosecut

khairi saadallah killed james furlong, david wails, and joseph ritchie—bennett, during the two—minuteo start, the redding attacker, khairi saadallah is in a late afternoon court hearing has now pleaded guilty to all three murders and all three attempted murders. khairi saadallah had onlyjust been released from prison where he was serving a sentence for three assaults and for possessing a knife when he carried out what the prosecution says was a terrorist attack. it was a warm june evening as the first covid lockdown was starting to ease when khairi saadallah launched his extremely rapid and deadly attack. forbury gardens was full of people. the pubs, including the nearby blagrave arms, popular with reading's gay community, were still shut. three friends from the pub — a schoolteacher called james furlong, an american customer service manager called joseph richie—bennett and a scientist called david wails — were sitting together when they were all stabbed from behind. james furlong and joseph richie—bennett were killed with single stab wound to the backs of their necks. david wails die

three friends from the pub — a schoolteacher called james furlong, an american customer services managere that he should be given a whole—life tariff, that he should never be released from prison. they say that this was an ideologically motivated terrorist attack and it was substantially premeditated. the defence will argue that the sentence should be reduced because of khairi saadallah's poor mental health. daniel sandford, bbc news. we're joined now by michael main, who was a friend ofjames, joe and david. very good morning to you. thank you so very good morning to you. thank you so much for talking to us today. i wa nt to so much for talking to us today. i want to festival... can i get your reaction to the guilty plea? how did you hear about and what did it mean to you? the guilty plea made me feel a bit more confident that we are going to get a bit more justice for what this person has done. tell us a little bit more about the incident itself and how it resonated within the community amongst your friends and those people in that community who used that part, as well. it's quite diffi