Daughter of murdered MP demands inquiry into his killing after Southport announcement

Katie Amess, whose begetter Sir David Amess was stabbed to decease by a violent successful 2021, said it is close that an enquiry has been opened into Southport, but her calls person been ignored

The girl of an MP who was murdered astatine a constituency country has demanded a authorities enquiry into his death.

Katie Amess, whose begetter Sir David Amess was stabbed to decease successful 2021, says she is "very confused" wherefore determination has determination has been nary enquiry into the killing. Tory MP Sir David was killed by British-born violent Ali Harbi Ali, who was known to the counter-radicalisation Prevent scheme.

On Tuesday Keir Starmer announced determination would beryllium an enquiry into the Southport murders to find retired if opportunities were missed to halt slayer Axel Rudakubana. Ms Amess told Times Radio her telephone for a akin probe into her father's execution had been blocked.

She said determination should beryllium an enquiry into "every single" lawsuit wherever idiosyncratic known to Prevent goes connected to kill. Ms Amess said: "Terrorism is terrorism. It doesn't substance if you're pursuing Islamic violent ideologies oregon if you're idiosyncratic connected the acold close that's doing violent crimes... I americium conscionable precise confused arsenic to wherefore I americium not allowed an enquiry due to the fact that they said it could compromise information if we released to the nationalist everything that was known astir the antheral and wherever they failed pursuing up with him.

"Why americium I not allowed that? But instantly they tin supply it for a antithetic violent incident. And rightly so, it should beryllium provided for that incident. What happened is perfectly abhorrent. It is appalling."

Ms Amess said cases similar her ain are not isolated. She said: " Every azygous idiosyncratic that has been failed by Prevent and by the authorities and besides by the constabulary unit - I cognize the constabulary weren't to blasted successful that scenario, successful that concern - they should besides person an enquiry due to the fact that I mean this is not isolated, it's not conscionable Southport and me. "

She said that she had looked into taking ineligible enactment against the Government to get answers. Ms Amess said: "It outgo maine tens of thousands I would accidental astatine this point. and past the coroner said it's thing to bash with the courts.

"You request to inquire the government. So I asked the government, the Conservative one. They ignored me, said spell done idiosyncratic else. And past I asked the Labour authorities and they besides said that they couldn't assistance but that they were hiring a caller commissioner for Prevent.

"And past each of a abrupt instantly they tin bash a full enquiry that Keir Starmer says it'll beryllium robust, nary chromatic volition beryllium near unturned. Why is that? What is successful my lawsuit that the nationalist and maine aren't allowed to know?"

On Monday Mr Starmer said the state had "failed successful its duty" to support Bebe King, six, Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, who were murdered successful Southport.