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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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David Batty

Threats before David Amess murder not connected to attack, say police

David Amess
Conservative MP David Amess was stabbed to death by Ali Harbi Ali while holding a constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea. Photograph: S Meddle/ITV/REX/Shutterstock

A series of threatening phone calls made to the son of Sir David Amess the evening before the MP’s murder were “not linked in any way” to the attack, police have said.

The Conservative MP’s daughter, actor Katherine Amess, has called for a full inquest into her father’s death, questioning why the police did not protect his constituency surgery after the threats.

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