Terrorist suspect’s foster carers left shocked

The foster parents of the prime suspect in the Parsons Green terror attack have been left shellshocked by the ordeal, their son has said.

Spencer Jones, 45, said the home of Penny, 71, and Ron Jones, 88, in Sunbury, which has been inspected by forensic officers for the last week, is a “place of love and tolerance”.

The couple, awarded MBES for services to children and families, have fostered almost 300 children. This includes Ahmed Hassan, 18, who appeared before magistrates accused of attempting to kill Londoners on a packed District Line Tube train with a home-made bomb contained in a bucket hidden inside a Lidl bag.

Mr Jones said: “It’s hard to believe that two people who have done so much have to suffer the indignity of having their lives dissected.”