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IS fanatic Ali Harbi Ali has been given a whole-life sentence for murdering Sir David Amess MP.
Ali stabbed the Conservative MP for Southend West more than 20 times after tricking his way into a constituency surgery in Essex last year.
Sir David's family said it broke their hearts that he would have "greeted the murderer with a smile of friendship".
At the Old Bailey, Judge Mr Justice Sweeney said: "This was a murder that struck at the heart of our democracy."
Sir David, 69, was killed at the surgery he was holding at Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea on 15 October.
He was stabbed after 26-year-old Ali had gone into the meeting pretending to be an NHS employee moving to the area.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-61094059
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Sadly, the death penalty is no longer an option.