Victim's cousin makes 7/7 movie

The film was directed by a cousin of Anthony Fatayi-Williams, one of the 13 people blown up on the No 30 bus in Tavistock Square.

Thomas Ikimi, 28, said he hoped The Homefront will help pressure the Government into holding a public inquiry into the 2005 bombings, in which 52 innocent people died.

He has dedicated the film to Mr Fatayi-Williams, from Hendon, a 26-year-old executive with oil and gas company Amec.

The documentary includes interviews with his mother, Marie Fatayi-Williams, who captured the hearts of the nation when she delivered an address near the wreckage of the bus days after it was blown up by 18-year-old Hasib Hussain.

The 52-year-old executive with Elf Oil spoke of her devastation at losing her son. Mrs Fatayi-Williams, who is married to one of Nigeria's leading doctors, also criticised the compensation offered to the 7/7 victims' families - she refused to claim the £11,000 due to her from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority. She said: "Nothing could compensate me for the loss of Anthony but that amount is an insult, especially when you think the families of people who died on 9/11 were awarded £2.1 million each.

"I've been through indescribable pain. I visit his grave once a month and light a candle. Every month, around the seventh, I suffer from insomnia. I wake up groggy, like someone who's been beaten up.

"I look at Anthony's picture and think, 'is this it? I will only ever see you smiling back at me in a photograph?'"

Mr Ikimi also interviewed the first police officers at the scene of the bus bombing; Rose Gentle and Reg Keys; parents of British soldiers killed in Iraq; Terry Waite; and individuals with a connection to 7/7. He claims to have made some "shocking" discoveries, such as how little terror awareness training has been given to London Underground staff and police officers since the attacks.

Mr Ikimi, from East Finchley, said: "Many of these people told me they had been taught nothing radically different since 7 July.

"There are no big new security measures, nothing to help awareness. Basically, they are no wiser than you or me. I'm incredibly disappointed with the way the Government has dealt with the families of victims. The fact they were shut out of the inquiry into the bombings is scandalous.

"The British people have been done a great disservice. I believemy cousin, and all those who lost their lives in the attacks, deserved the respect of having a public and open inquiry into their deaths so that lessons could be learned from such a mindless massacre.

"If the Government wasn't going to do this then I decided I must do it myself.

"This film is about educating people and inviting people to join the debate on terror and think about the issues around it.

"How can we prevent something like this happening in the future if we don't know how and why it occurred? People need to think about this."

A copy of the film can be bought from www. thehomefrontmovie.net