david wails, joe ritchie—bennett and james furlong were murdered while walking through forbury gardens injune 2020. their killer — khairi saadallah — was known to authorities and was visited by police just hours before the attack. 0ne one of their families willjoin us on the sofa shortly. 0ur reporter abi smitton has more. james furlong, joseph ritchie bennett, david walls. three friends, they'd met in a park in reading as the first lockdown restrictions were eased in june 2020. hours later, they were dead, murdered by khairi saadallah. a load of people have been stabbed in forbury gardens. how many people? i don't know, dozens. we need ambulances at forbury gardens now, as many as you can get. on friday, a judge coroner concluded their deaths were avoidable. their families sat for hours as he listed failings from multiple authorities. when i told my mother that david was dead, she screamed, "no, not my david, not my david." next time it could be your david, yourjames, yourjoe, if your state does not accept the judge's coroner's findings and implement change. if nothing is done, my