Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
DON’T MESS WITH ME
Westminster terrorist’s threat to witness before stabbing cop
THE Westminster attacker told a passerby, “you don’t want to mess with me”, before stabbing PC Keith Palmer to death, an inquest has heard.
Khalid Masood, 52, issued the threat while waving two knives at a witness who approached him outside the gates of Parliament.
Carl Knight, who was on the top deck of a passing bus, saw the man ask Masood: “What are you doing”. In a statement, Mr Knight said: “[Masood said] ‘F*** off – you don’t want to mess with me’.”
The Old Bailey was shown a “chilling” image of Masood standing over PC Palmer with a FANS were stumped when Mollie King and cricketer Stuart Broad’s romance hit a sticky wicket.
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The pair are seen holding hands at London hotel The Dorchester before being chauffeured away.
The pair, who had split in August after five months, were hosts at a gala for MND Association. knife in each hand. Witness James West saw Masood “stabbing downwards, like in a horror film”.
Masood knifed PC Palmer around five times before a police officer shot him dead as he fled.
He may have been heading to the PM’S office “looking for another victim”, the court heard.
Earlier, PC Palmer’s family criticised the lack of armed police in the area. Susannah Stevens, representing his sisters, Angela Clark and Michelle Palmer, said: “For 15 minutes, there were no authorised firearms officers anywhere near Carriage Gates.”
Masood killed five people in the attack on March 22 last year.