Sunday 17 October 2021

Killed in the line of duty: David Amess’s final day in democratic service

Before his fatal stabbing the Southend West MP had been making plans for a Cop26 children’s parliament

Sir David Amess made no secret of where he was going to be on Friday 15 October: details of his constituency surgery at Belfairs Methodist church were pinned at the top of his Twitter account several days in advance.

Among those who turned up, according to witnesses, was Ali Harbi Ali, a 25-year-old British-born man whose family had fled to the UK from Somalia. Sources close to the investigation into Amess’s killing indicated on Sunday that Ali had booked an appointment to see the MP.

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