Mother of London Bridge victim tells inquest he was ‘force for good’

Jury at inquest into 2019 deaths of Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones hears how killer taped knives to his hands

The mother of a victim of the London Bridge terrorist attack has described how her son was a force for good in the world", as an inquest heard how his killer taped knives to his hands in a toilet cubicle before killing two people and injuring three.

The jury for the inquest into the deaths of Jack Merritt, 25, and Saskia Jones, 23, were shown photographs of knives, together with tape and scissors that Usman Khan left in a cubicle before beginning his attack at 1.56pm on 29 November 2019 at a prisoner rehabilitation conference at Fishmongers' Hall.