People lay flowers in honour of Sir David Amess at murder site
Floral tributes to MP Sir David Amess have piled up outside Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh on Sea, Essex, where he was stabbed to death. The killing of the veteran parliamentarian has led to fresh scrutiny over the security of MPs. Counter-terrorism police were on Monday focusing on a phone call made by suspect Ali Harbi Ali moments after the fatal stabbing of Tory MP Sir David Amess. Witnesses saw 25-year-old Ali calmly using his mobile before officers arrived to arrest him as the veteran Conservative backbencher lay stricken from his wounds on Friday outside Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. Sources said there was no indication so far that the phone call was to a “controller” or that any other person had directed the attack and that detectives still believed that Sir David’s killer had acted alone, rather than as part of a plot. Subscribe to the Evening Standard on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7RQon_YwCnp_LbPtEwW65w?sub_confirmation=1
