Don’t dodge our questions, say family

KEITH Palmer’s sisters have accused police chiefs of undermining the inquest.

Angela Clark and Michelle Palmer also say they have been made to feel they are worth less than Khalid Masood, the terrorist who murdered the unarmed constable.

They said they feel ‘battered and undervalued’ because their questions about weakness in parliamentary security have been ignored.

The pair accused Scotland Yard chiefs of ‘scapegoating’ junior officers over apparent security failures during the attack by Masood in March last year. ‘We put our faith in this system, that we would get answers. And we’re now utterly demoralised, our faith is gone,’ Mrs Clark, 52, told The Times.

Miss Palmer, 46, said: ‘Keith gave his life and we are left with no answers. Eighteen months on we were hoping for some closure, but we’re not going to have that. We feel like we come below Khalid Masood. We are not valued, not wanted, we feel like we are on trial.’