Daughter of murdered MP calls for full inquest

The girl of murdered Conservative MP Sir David Amess has called for a afloat inquest into his death.

Actress Katherine Amess, 39, said successful an interrogation with The Sunday Times determination was "so much" nine did not cognize astir what happened.

Sir David, 69, MP for Southend West, was stabbed to death portion holding a country successful Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, connected 15 October 2021.

Ali Harbi Ali was fixed a whole-life situation sentence, aft being convicted of murdering Sir David astatine a proceedings successful April 2022.

Coroner Lincoln Brookes opened an inquest into Sir David's death, astatine a proceeding successful Chelmsford connected 27 October 2021.

But a afloat inquest proceeding has not been staged.

“We unrecorded successful a ideology wherever elected officials should beryllium safe," Ms Amess told The Sunday Times.

"We person ne'er had a afloat nationalist introspection into the events starring up to his death.

"My anticipation was, done this afloat nationalist inquest, everybody would beryllium fixed the cognition of however this happened, and (that would) forestall it happening again.

"And close present it feels similar we are waiting for the adjacent 1 to happen.”

She added: "... determination is inactive truthful overmuch that we arsenic a household and arsenic a nine bash not cognize astir what happened. It’s been failing upon failing.”

Ms Amess, who lives successful California, has begun ineligible enactment against constabulary and the Home Office.

High Court papers amusement she filed a idiosyncratic wounded assertion against the 2 authorities successful December.

Her solicitor told the BBC successful January Ms Amess was "horrified" by her father's execution and wanted lessons to beryllium learned.

Essex Police and the Home Office said they were alert of the tribunal action.

Earlier this month, a service of remembrance was held astatine St Peter's Catholic Church, adjacent to wherever Sir David was killed.

Father Jeff Woolnough said it was "important to support his representation alive".