Terror cops haul bags of evidence from suspect's home 2 days after MP's murder

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Terror cops haul bags of evidence from suspect's home two days after Sir David Amess's murder

Urgent background checks are being carried out to establish any potential links with jihadist groups.It is understood Ali had been referred to the government's Prevent deradicalisation scheme but was not on MI5's list of active threats.

After stabbing him up to 17 times, he sat quietly in the church beside his lifeless body waiting for cops to arrive, it's reported."He was in his mid-20s and appeared to be getting into the police car willingly. He was compliant." Sir David was a Tory MP since 1983, first for the seat of Basildon, and since 1997 for Southend West, where he has a majority of 14,459.

The MP long had a passion for animals and was patron of the Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation - along with the PM's wife Carrie. He also campaigned against fox-hunting.On foreign policy, he voted for the Iraq war, but later was very critical about the failure to find any WMDs. Robert Halfon, Tory MP for Harlow and a friend of Sir David's, told The Sun: "He was the embodiment of Essex man.

Her murder, which came just days before the EU referendum, sparked a national outcry and prompted politicians to massively ramp up their security.In 2010 Labour MP Stephen Timms was stabbed by a woman who claimed she was seeking revenge for his support of the Iraq War at his constituency surgery in east London.

 

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