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| Saad al-Hilli was keen cyclist and loving father, say neighbours | Saad al-Hilli was keen cyclist and loving father, say neighbours |
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| Nothing in the details emerging of the life of Saad al-Hilli points to any reason for him being the victim of a targeted killing, friends and neighbours say. He lived in Claygate, Surrey, in a mock tudor house. | Nothing in the details emerging of the life of Saad al-Hilli points to any reason for him being the victim of a targeted killing, friends and neighbours say. He lived in Claygate, Surrey, in a mock tudor house. |
| James Matthews said the two had met through their children who had gone to playgroup together. He said he had spoken to the police. "I think if there had been something bubbling up like that [a conspiracy] I would have known about it," he said. | James Matthews said the two had met through their children who had gone to playgroup together. He said he had spoken to the police. "I think if there had been something bubbling up like that [a conspiracy] I would have known about it," he said. |
| Hilli, a keen cyclist, lived in the well-heeled village for more than 20 years. Hilli would holiday in France or sometimes at a nearby campsite. "He'd just get in the caravan and go 10 miles down the road," said Matthews. "He'd have an idea and then design it. He designed a trailer for his tandem so he could tow both his kids." Matthew said Hilli was a "very keen cyclist". | Hilli, a keen cyclist, lived in the well-heeled village for more than 20 years. Hilli would holiday in France or sometimes at a nearby campsite. "He'd just get in the caravan and go 10 miles down the road," said Matthews. "He'd have an idea and then design it. He designed a trailer for his tandem so he could tow both his kids." Matthew said Hilli was a "very keen cyclist". |
| He described Hilli as a very loving and tactile father, and his wife as quiet and a good cook. Matthews said she was born in Baghdad but that the family had settled in Sweden and believed that she had worked in dentistry in Abu Dhabi at some point. | He described Hilli as a very loving and tactile father, and his wife as quiet and a good cook. Matthews said she was born in Baghdad but that the family had settled in Sweden and believed that she had worked in dentistry in Abu Dhabi at some point. |
| Neighbour Jack Saltman said: "They are quite beautiful kids and so well behaved. He was an extraordinarily nice man and helpful. He was a very tactile loving father. He loved to gather the girls up and cuddle them ...… they would go running at him and he'd catch them in his arms and kiss them. He adored them.His wife was a delightful person and I can't think why anybody would want to harm them. | |
| Another neighbour, Lorna Davey, said Hilli's wife had been planning to return to work as a dentist with her youngest daughter due to start school. She had spent the summer swotting for dentistry exams. Davey knew the family from the local school, Claygate primary, where the Hillis' eldest child, now recovering from the attack on her, was a pupil. "They were very pretty, smiley little girls and a very nice, happy family." | Another neighbour, Lorna Davey, said Hilli's wife had been planning to return to work as a dentist with her youngest daughter due to start school. She had spent the summer swotting for dentistry exams. Davey knew the family from the local school, Claygate primary, where the Hillis' eldest child, now recovering from the attack on her, was a pupil. "They were very pretty, smiley little girls and a very nice, happy family." |