7/7 inquests to draw to a close

2011-03-03 05:44:05

3 March 2011 Last updated at 18:26 Share this page Delicious Digg Facebook reddit StumbleUpon Twitter Email Print 7/7 inquests: Final witnesses give evidence Four suicide bombers killed 52 and injured more than 700 people in the 2005 London attacks Continue reading the main story 7/7 INQUESTS Bereaved families back 7/7 report 7/7 inquests: Key points 7 July timeline: Story of the attacks The London bombings victims

The final witness has given evidence at the inquests into the deaths of those killed in the 7 July attacks in London six years ago.

The coroner's officer, Det Ch Supt Doug McKenna, debunked conspiracy theories including the idea that explosives were placed under Tube carriages.

Coroner Lady Justice Hallett is expected to deliver verdicts before 20 April when the court rises for Easter.

Four suicide bombers killed 52 people on London's transport network in 2005.

The attacks were carried out by Mohammad Sidique Khan, 30, Shehzad Tanweer, 22, Hasib Hussain, 18, and Germaine Lindsay, 19.

They targeted Tube trains at Aldgate, Edgware Road and Russell Square, and a bus in Tavistock Square.

The inquests, which heard from 309 witnesses and had a further 197 statements read, were held at the Royal Courts of Justice in London and have been running for almost five months.

They generated 34,000 documents and the case was described by Mr McKenna as "probably been the largest ever criminal investigation conducted by the Metropolitan Police".

Dismissing various conspiracy theories surrounding the 2005 bombings, he said there was nothing to link the explosives to terrorist exercises carried out before 7/7 and nothing suggesting the explosives were detonated by anyone other than the four suicide bombers.

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