An Islamic State fanatic has been found guilty of murdering MP Sir David Amess at a constituency surgery in Essex. Ali Harbi Ali stabbed the politician to death in a Leigh-on-Sea church on October 15 last year.
The homegrown terrorist told his trial at the Old Bailey in London that he had no regrets about the murder, saying Sir David deserved to die because he voted for air strikes on Syria in 2014 and 2015.
The court heard how he had also made plots to attack other MPs with similar voting records, including Cabinet minister Michael Gove.
Ali was found guilty of murder after a jury deliberated the case for just 18 minutes. The 26-year-old refused to stand up in the dock on “religious grounds” as he was convicted. READ MORE: Martyn Hett's dad tells of the moment his "world fell apart" in new documentary about the Manchester Arena bombing The court heard how Ali, after spending months scoping out potential victims for an attack, settled on a plot to kill Sir Davidafter seeing his upcoming surgery in Leigh-on-Sea on Twitter.
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