A TERROR suspect looked smug and proud after stabbing MP Sir David Amess to death, the Old Bailey heard yesterday.
Ali Harbi Ali had a look of “self-satisfaction” following the killing at the Tory’s constituency surgery, a jury was told.
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A terror suspect looked smug and proud after stabbing MP Sir David Amess to death, the Old Bailey heard yesterday Credit: PA 2
Ali Harbi Ali had a look of 'self-satisfaction' following the killing at the Tory’s constituency surgery, a jury was told Credit: PA
Witness Yvonne Eaves said of the 26-year-old: “He wasn’t remorseful.
He’s like, ‘I’ve achieved something’.” Dad-of-five Sir David, 69, suffered 21 wounds to the face, arms and chest in the attack.
His killer was “relaxed and smiling” beforehand, said the Southend West MP’s aide, Rebecca Hayton.
She saw the killing at Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, on October 15 last year, it was said.
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Darren King, who arrived after the attack, said Ali told him he wanted to “die a martyr” and be shot by police.
He added: “I said, ‘You’ve come to the wrong country. They do that in America’.”
Ali, of Kentish Town, North London, who allegedly wanted to take revenge for Britain’s 2015 bombing of Syria, denies murder and preparing terrorist acts.
The trial continues.
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