Daughter of murdered MP says ‘doors slammed in her face’ over calls for inquiry

The girl of murdered Conservative MP Sir David Amess has said a reappraisal released contiguous volition amusement the ‘utter stupidity’ from authorities that led to her father’s death.

Sir David was killed by an Isis sympathiser successful October 2021 portion helium met with members of the nationalist successful his Southend West constituency.

The killer, Ali Harbi Ali, was known to the anti-terror authorities programme Prevent – but was not stopped successful time.

Katie Amess has argued that a afloat nationalist enquiry needs to instrumentality spot into her father’s execution to afloat recognize and larn from the failures of the case.

However, she described being ‘completely stonewalled’ by officials successful an interrogation with Good Morning Britain earlier today.

She said: ‘I’ve knocked connected each door, I’ve tried to instrumentality it done the ineligible system, I’ve tried to instrumentality it done the Conservative government, present the Labour government.

‘Every doorway is being slammed successful my face.’

Katie suggested the killings successful Southport past July by a teen who was besides known to Prevent whitethorn ne'er person happened if an enquiry had taken spot earlier.

She told the ITV show: ‘It’s the aforesaid illustration of idiosyncratic who did it to my dad, that did it successful Southport. It’s a lone violent successful their bedroom, self-radicalising.

‘Had the enquiry been launched successful 2021, we wouldn’t beryllium successful the aforesaid concern today.’

A learning reappraisal into the interaction betwixt Prevent and Ali is expected to beryllium released aboriginal today.

Katie, who saw an earlier draught of the study successful March past year, said it makes wide the ‘utter stupidity by the authorities and non-accountability’ that preceded Sir David’s killing.

But she besides said the reappraisal ‘doesn’t mean anything’, describing it arsenic ‘just a portion of paper’ that cannot supply the answers a nationalist enquiry would.

Prevent was thrust into the spotlight erstwhile the past of Southport slayer Axel Rudakubana was revealed pursuing his blameworthy plea.

The murderer was referred to the programme for appraisal 3 times betwixt 2019 and 2021, but was deemed unsuitable for involution each time.

Anna Firth, who was Sir David’s successor arsenic Southend West MP, has written a missive to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer arguing the work of the Prevent Learning Review today, ‘whilst welcome, is not sufficient’.

She said the nationalist enquiry into the Southport murders should beryllium expanded to encompass different incidents wherever Prevent had interactions with radical who went connected to kill.

They included the Reading murders by Khairi Saadallah successful 2020 and the London Bridge killings by Usman Khan arsenic good arsenic Sir David’s death, she wrote.

Firth added: ‘Each grieving household has an adjacent close to answers and to an inquiry.’

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