Man accused of murdering David Amess scouted home of Michael Gove, court hears

Ali Harbi Ali made specific reconnaissance trips' to Gove's address and constituency surgery of Mike Freer, jury told

Conservative MP Sir David Amess was stabbed 21 times in a terrorist assassination" by a fanatical Islamist" who also scouted the home of Michael Gove and researched a string of MPs including Sir Keir Starmer as he plotted to kill, incited by Islamic State propaganda, a court has heard.

Ali Harbi Ali, 26, denies the murder of Amess, 69, on 15 October 2021 as the MP held a constituency surgery in Belfairs Methodist church in Leigh-on-Sea in Essex.