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Sir David Amess killer left Prevent too quickly, review says

February 12, 2025
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Sir David Amess died after he was stabbed more than 20 times

Sir David Amess’s killer was exited from the government’s Prevent anti-terror programme too quickly and its handling of him was “sub-optimal”, a review has said.

Ali Harbi Ali murdered the Conservative MP for Southend West at a constituency surgery in October 2021.

He first became known to the Prevent programme in October 2014 but his case was closed in 2016.

The Prevent Learning Review into the case was published earlier and said the “hope” of addressing Ali’s vulnerabilities was missed because of a “breakdown in communication”.

‘Blurred responsibilities’

In a statement to the House of Commons, Security Minister Dan Jarvis said the report found “the rationale for certain decisions” in the monitoring of Ali was “not explicit”.

“The assessment in terms of the perpetrator’s vulnerabilities was problematic, and this ultimately led to questionable decision making and sub-optimal handling of the case,” he said.

“Responsibilities between police and local authorities were blurred.

“The tool used for identifying an individual’s vulnerability to radicalism was outdated.”

Ali was first referred to Prevent by his school, Riddlesdown college in south Croydon, after teachers noticed a change in his behaviour in 2014.

A month after the Prevent referral, he was moved on to the next stage of the anti-radicalisation scheme, Channel, working with experts in Islamist extremism.

He was assigned to a specialist programmes – referred to as an intervention provider in the report – but he was exited from Channel in April 2015 after his terrorism risk was assessed as low.

He was assessed as part of a police review a year later, the case was closed and no further Prevent referrals were made.

Sir David was stabbed multiple times at the constituency surgery at a church in Leigh-on-Sea on 15 October 2021.

His trial was told how he had wanted to join the Islamic State group in Syria and wanted to take revenge against MPs who voted for airstrikes in the country.

Jarvis listed other issues identified in the report:

  • The support given did not tackle all the vulnerabilities identified
  • The school that made the referral should have been involved to help determine risk and support
  • The tasking of an intervention provider was problematic with only one session being provided, rather than two

Following Jarvis’s statement, Conservative former minister and fellow Essex MP Mark Francois said: “We spend a fortune on Prevent, but it seems that ultimately, it doesn’t do what it says on the tin.”

David Burton Sampson, the current Labour MP for Southend West and Leigh, said the Amess family “are still in absolute devastation”.

In a letter to Sir Keir Starmer, former Southend West Conservative MP Anna Firth, who became Sir David’s successor, said his family and those of the Southport victims had been equally failed by Prevent.

Firth’s letter suggested the inquiry could include other incidents where she argued Prevent had failed, such as the three 2020 Reading murders by Khairi Saadallah and the two London Bridge killings by Usman Khan.

Jarvis said the Home Office and families would need to discuss whether Sir David’s murder should be included in the Southport inquiry.

Following the report, head of Counter Terrorism Policing Matt Jukes said the review was clear where the management of Ali’s case “should have been better”, and he said work had since been done to act on the recommendations.

“Difficult decisions in steering people away from radicalisation continue to be made every day, and with almost 60,000 Prevent referrals in the last decade, we owe it to all those affected, including those making the decisions, to take every opportunity possible to improve the system,” he said.

Meanwhile, Sir David’s family have complained about the protection provided to Sir David by Essex Police at the constituency surgery on the day he died.

The Independent Office for Police Conduct has referred the complaint to the force.



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