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	Podcast:		Best of Today
	Episode:		Mum of murdered sisters reacts to verdict
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:11:51
	Publish Date:		2021-07-07 07:37:00
	Description:		Last summer, a birthday gathering in a London park turned to tragedy when two sisters were attacked and killed by a man with a knife. Nineteen-year-old Danyal Hussein was found guilty of murder yesterday at the Old Bailey. We now know that as a younger teenager he was referred to the counter extremism programme for accessing material on far right ideology. In June last year he attacked Bibaa Henry and then her younger sister Nicole Smallman. The court heard that his motive was a belief that sacrificing women would bring him a lottery win. Nicole and Bibaa's mother Mina Smallman, who was the first black woman to become an archdeacon in the Church of England, believes race was a factor in how their disappearance was first handled by the Metropolitan Police and was told officers had taken selfies with their bodies at the crime scene. She spoke to Today's Mishal Husain after the verdict was handed down. The interview contains details of evidence heard in the trial which you may find difficult to hear (Photo: Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman. Credit: Smallman/Henry family)
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