England’s Chief Coroner Mark Lucraft QC spent two days outlining his findings to a packed courtroom in the Old Bailey Court, in London this week.

He ruled that the eight people who died at the hands of Khuram Butt, Rachid Redouane and Youssef Zaghba were “unlawfully killed”.

Mr Lucraft cleared the UK’s security service MI5 of alleged negligence and praised the Metropolitan Police for their efforts on the night.

He claimed both agencies did not miss any opportunities that could have saved lives during the attack.

“I am not persuaded that investigative opportunities were lost which could realistically have saved the lives of those who died.”

But he was highly critical of the lack of barriers on the “particularly vulnerable” London Bridge.

Mr Lucraft’s findings come after eight weeks of what has been described as “moving and harrowing testimony” from people who were there on the night of the brutal terror attack.

Eight people, including Australians Sara Zelenak and Kirsty Boden, were killed when the three terrorists drove a van into crowds of people on London Bridge in June, 2017.

The three men crashed their van into a pub before spending the next 10 minutes on a terrifying rampage, stabbing as many people as they could.

The attack left 48 people injured and eight dead, before police shot and killed the three terrorists.

Mr Lucraft found all eight victims had been “unlawfully killed”.

The parents of slain Queensland woman Sara Zelenak, Julie and Mark Wallace, flew to London for the hearing and met with another Australian, Candice Hedge, who survived having her throat slashed by the terrorists.

Mr Lucraft also criticised the lack of security on London Bridge, despite the attacking occurring almost three months after the Westminster Bridge attack.

He said that London Bridge was a location “particularly vulnerable” to acts of terrorism and chastised the government for not establishing physical barriers on the bridge sooner, claiming this showed “weaknesses in systems for assessing the need for such measures … and implementing them promptly”.

Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu spoke to reporters outside the Old Bailey, paying tribute to the eight victims of the terror attacks and sending his thoughts and condolences to the “family and friends of those who were murdered”.

“The criminals who killed these eight people should be forgotten, and forgotten quickly,” Mr Basu said.

“By contrast, those who were murdered were deeply loved, and will always be remembered.”

He paid tribute to each victim, reading out their name, age and home country, which included Kirsty Boden and Sara Zelenak.

“Kirsty, a nurse, rushed outside to give urgent medical care to those who were injured, including alexandra (another victim),” he said.

“James (McMullan) tried to help Sara (Zelenak) up from the floor.

“They all paid the ultimate price as they selflessly tried to help others.”

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