A terrorist convicted of killing three men in the Reading terror attack could not be deported as he was facing trial for allegedly eating a mattress at a police station, an inquest has heard.
Khairi Saadallah shouted "Allahu Akhbar" as he fatally stabbed friends James Furlong, 36, Dr David Wails, 49, and Joseph Ritchie-Bennett, 39, in the Berkshire town's Forbury Gardens on June 20, 2020.
Saadallah was alleged to have spat at a police officer in an arrest that took place the year before and went on to damage a mattress, a pre-inquest review hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice in London heard today.
Nicholas Moss KC, counsel to the inquest, said in court papers: "Saadallah is said to have attended Reading police station, spat at a detention officer after arrest, and damaged a mattress by eating it.
