6 February 2025, 08:57

Daughter of murdered MP says ‘everyone failed by Prevent’ should get inquiry

By EJ Ward

The daughter of a murdered MP has called for "everybody else that Prevent failed" to get an inquiry into the death of their loved one.

Katie Amess, 39, is the daughter of Sir David Amess, the Conservative Southend West MP who was stabbed to death as he carried out a constituency surgery at a church in Leigh-on-Sea in October 2021.

It was later revealed that Sir David's killer, Ali Harbi Ali, had been referred to the the Government's counter-terrorism programme Prevent prior to the attack, but that his case had been closed.

Following the publication of a review into the handling of Southport child killer Axel Rudakubana under the same programme, security minister Dan Jarvis told the House of Commons on Wednesday that a Prevent learning review into the killing of Sir David will be released next week in a commitment to transparency over the programme.

"Transparency and enabling public........

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