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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent

Ali Harbi Ali given whole-life sentence for murder of David Amess

Memorial to David Amess
A memorial to David Amess outside parliament in October. Photograph: Tejas Sandhu/Sopa Images/Rex/Shutterstock

The family of Sir David Amess said they would “for ever shed tears” after his murder by a terrorist assassin who was sentenced to “die in prison” for an attack “on the heart of democracy”.

Ali Harbi Ali, 26, was handed a whole-life tariff by Mr Justice Sweeney after being convicted on Monday of murdering the MP and of planning terrorist attacks on other MPs, including the cabinet minister Michael Gove, for two years before he killed Amess.

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