(BBC) A terror suspect accused of murdering Sir David Amess told jurors he decided to kill him over his vote for airstrikes on Syria.
The Southend West MP was stabbed to death during a constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, on 15 October 2021.
Ali Harbi Ali, 26, told the court he had no regrets, adding “if I thought I did anything wrong, I wouldn’t have done it.”
He denies murder and preparing acts of terrorism.
He told jurors at the Old Bailey: “He [Sir David] voted previously in Parliament, not just him … I decided if I couldn’t make hijrah, if I couldn’t help the Muslims [in Syria], I would do something here.”
