Security blunders cost life of Westminster cop

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Security at the Palace of Westminster was ‘elaborate and under constant review’ at the time PC Keith Palmer was stabbed to death by a terrorist, according to a Met Police lawyer. Two Authorised Firearms Officers (AFOs) were by the Members Entrance under the colonnades when PC Palmer, 48, was murdered by Khalid Masood, 52, on 22 March last year. PCs Lee Ashby and Nicholas Sanders have told the inquest they were following their patrol map as all officers did despite…

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