Top psychologist says terrorists 'may never be cured'

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Top psychologist says terrorists 'may never be cured'
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‘We have to be very careful about saying someone has totally changed or has been cured’

London Bridge terrorist Usman Khan killed two people after being released from prison early

Psychologist Christopher Dean, who is behind the UK’s main deradicalisation programme for offenders, said you can ‘never be sure’ that this intervention would prevent someone from reoffending. He said: ‘The two main aims of healthy identity intervention are primarily to try and make individuals less willing or prepared to commit offences on behalf of a violent extremist group cause or ideology.

He said: ‘I think we have to be very careful about ever saying that somebody no longer presents a risk of committing an offence. I don’t think you can ever be sure.London Bridge killer Usman Khan attended a deradicalisation programme after being released half way through his sentence for plotting to blow up the London Stock Exchange.

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