David Amess' daughter still can't talk about moment she found out dad had been stabbed to death

Conservative MP David Amess was murdered successful a violent onslaught by Islamic State sympathiser Ali Harbi Ali successful 2021 - Ali was fixed a whole-life condemnation the pursuing year

David Amess' girl has revealed she inactive cannot speech astir the infinitesimal she recovered retired the MP had been stabbed to death.

Katie, 39, Mr Amess' 2nd of 5 children, said she had been diagnosed with post-traumatic accent upset pursuing his sidesplitting successful 2021. Speaking for the archetypal clip astir what happened, Katie admitted "none of this seems existent to me."

Mr Amess, an Essex MP for 38 years, was murdered by Ali Harbi Ali who declared his loyalty to terrorist organisation Islamic State. Ali was antecedently reported to the Home Office's Prevent deradicalization strategy successful 2014 but lone went for 1 gathering earlier his lawsuit had been closed.

Katie told The Times she believed she had a "perfect life" with her friends and hubby surviving successful Los Angeles but admitted she present felt "so naïve." She added her mum Julia, 70, Mr Amess' woman of astir 40 years suffered from a changeable the twelvemonth aft his murder.

Julia has moved retired from the family's Southend location of 3 decades arsenic it was achy for her to stay. Katie told The Times: "It’s conscionable the astir unbearable, unspeakable pain. We’ve mislaid a great, large antheral who can’t beryllium replaced. Now I conscionable privation to marque him arrogant by warring backmost against being told nary to thing that we should beryllium allowed to know. I can’t judge this.”

Katie remembers her dada arsenic a "larger than life" personality. She recalled a enactment penned connected his Commons missive insubstantial that read: "Congratulations connected being 1 of the winners successful the Playgroup class of painting. You tin beryllium precise arrogant of yourself. Love, Daddy x.”

Conservative MP Mr Amess, a committed Christian, was a beardown advocator for Brexit and took stances against same-sex matrimony and abortion. But helium was besides known arsenic a tireless campaigner for Southend and wanted it to beryllium granted metropolis presumption - thing it was pursuing his death.

Following his death, his household believed helium would person met his slayer with a smile. Ali planned the onslaught for 7 years and expected to beryllium killed by constabulary successful a bid to beryllium "martyred." Instead, Ali was apprehended and pursuing a proceedings helium was recovered blameworthy of murdering Mr Amess and fixed a whole-life sentence.

“It breaks our bosom to cognize that our hubby and begetter would person greeted the murderer with a grin of relationship and would person been anxious to help,” the household aboriginal said successful a statement. Mr Amess is not the lone MP to person been killed by a violent with Labour's Jo Cox being murdered by achromatic supremacist Thomas Mair successful 2016.

Katie watched videos of her dada each time successful the months pursuing his death. She added: "I was frightened I would hide him but present I cognize I won’t, due to the fact that I americium portion of him."