“Clear warnings were received by the hotel that an attack was being conceived and they were a target,” said Russell Levy. “Despite that they did not put in security measures that would have made the terrorists choose a different target, or prevent them from being able to mount the attack in the way they did.”
Levy said Pike, 33, was spending the last night of a holiday in India with his girlfriend at the hotel on Nov 26, 2008 when they heard gunfire from other rooms and saw smoke coming out from the floor below.
The pair sought to escape through the window by climbing down knotted bedding and curtains, but Pike fell to the ground from the third floor and became paralysed. A High Court hearing is scheduled to take place on Dec. 2 to determine whether Pike's case can go forward in Britain.
Updated on: November 26, 2013 8:01 IST
