24/03/2017 South East Today


24/03/2017

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Good evening. for the news where you are.

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The terrorist who killed four people in the heart of Westminster

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was a father-of-three, born in Dartford,

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who lived in towns and villages across Kent and Sussex,

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racking up a string of convictions for violent crime.

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Born Adrian Russell Elms to a single parent in Dartford,

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he went to school in Tunbridge Wells as Adrian Ajao and also lived

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His first conviction came at 18 and there were more over

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two decades: assault, GBH and possession of

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He was sent to jail in 2003 for stabbing a man

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He spent time behind bars at Lewes Prison in East Sussex

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Our Special Correspondent Colin Campbell has the details

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of the South East criminal who converted to Islam

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and brought jihadist terror to the heart of Westminster.

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He lived in the heart of Sussex but went

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on to strike at the heart of

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Those who knew Khalid Masood say he was a deeply troubled and

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If he took umbrage against someone for looking at him,

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There was an incident he was involved in at this pub.

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It was a violent, seemingly unprovoked knife

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attack by Khalid Masood, known back then as Adrian Elms, which brought

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He smashed a local businessmen across the face

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He used a Stanley Knife on someone's face.

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He was an older man and he did not deserve to be stabbed.

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Smiling at the camera at school in Tunbridge

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Wells, this is Khalid Masood aged about 14.

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He was known to friends at the time as Adrian Ajao.

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He was a genuinely nice guy and I was upset

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today to think he would have turned out the way he has.

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And then what he has done to these poor families.

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It was so out of character for the guy that I knew

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Police are looking at every detail of his life.

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Our investigation focus is on understanding his motivation, his

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Fred Lawrence told me he believed Khalid

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Confused about his identity, skin colour, isolated and lonely.

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From schoolboy to Westminster attacker, his complex

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life has yet to reveal how he chose such a murderous path.

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Our Correspondent Mark Norman is in Tunbridge Wells now

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where Khalid Masood was at school, then known as Adrian Ajao.

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What more can you tell us about his school days, Mark?

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He came here as a 12-year-old and everybody- spoken to described him

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as being a well liked, sporty, academic and even fun. And for those

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I've spoken to, they are quite shocked at the news.

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And he went on to commit some shocking acts of violence?

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That is right. This well liked schoolboy moved to the six and

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became a violent, aggressive young man. He went to prison after

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stabbing a man. He said he was socially ostracised and racially

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abused. They moved to ease border after prison and there was a vicious

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pub fight followed by the stabbing and another six months in jail. The

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speculation is that he's where and when he became radicalised. Thank

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you. Well, it was in Brighton that

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Khalid Masood spent his final night before travelling to Westminster

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to enact his terror attack. He booked a room at

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the Preston Park Hotel, This was the room where

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the London attacker, Khalid Masood, spent

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his He checked into the Preston Park

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hotel at around 1pm Nobody here had any idea

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what he was setting off to do. It is really shocking at the moment,

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because obviously, we do not expect a nice person as he seemed to be

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to be that kind of person. As a hotel, we do what

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we can to take all the information we can,

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and the police came yesterday and we were able

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to provide them with all the

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information they needed and thank The same car that had

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been parked overnight in Brighton journeyed to

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Westminster to do this. One of the last men

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to see him alive runs a security company from

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the hotel. He was polite, I noticed

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that he came across as well spoken. Pleasant smile, a nice man.

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Police swarmed on the hotel on Wednesday night and continued

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their searches yesterday. Scary for us all to be so close

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to a killer, a terrorist, yes. There was a lot of plainclothes

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police in the dining room having talks and that they made

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off with a fewer items. Police stripped the room out,

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taking away many items, including the trouser press,

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the kettle and even the toilet roll Staff still cannot believe

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that the day London was He spent another night here, last

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Friday. Was he carrying out a recce or had he planned to go to London

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and carry out those attacks sooner? Staff here say they can not believe

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they came so close to a killer. That's it from me, the national

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weather forecast in a moment but first let's get the picture

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in the South East A fine weekend coming. Largely dry

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with sunshine. But a bit chilly. Temperatures dipping tonight. First

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thing tomorrow, mild on the coast, but inland, temperatures could be

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down to 3-4 , particularly in rural spots. Saturday shaping up to be

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decent. Dry, sunny, quite a cold easterly wind. Milder the further

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west you go across the region. Try through Saturday night and on

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through Sunday, too. Sunday a fine day with sunshine. Here is the

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outlook and now the national forecast.

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weather outlook for the whole of the UK.

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Good evening. It is good news on the weather front for most of the UK. We

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have been forecasting fine weather for a few days. It has certainly

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arrived. Beautiful picture today. The skies are clearing across the

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UK. Temperatures

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