Give my nephew the death penalty: Aunt of Sir David Amess’ killer Ali Harbi Ali says he should ‘face the consequences’
- Days after Ali Harbi Ali was given a life sentence, his aunt, Anab Abdulle, said he should face the consequences and apologised to the family of the late MP
- Sir David Ames was stabbed over 20 times at a constituency surgery in Essex
- Ali received his sentence on Tuesday, and will never be eligible for parole
The killer of Sir David Amess should receive the death penalty, his aunt said yesterday.
Just days after Ali Harbi Ali was given a whole life sentence, Anab Abdulle, his mother Jamila’s sister, said: ‘I am sorry for the late MP’s family, for the painful death of a father, husband and MP.
‘But for Ali Harbi Ali he should be given a death sentence since he is a confirmed terrorist. He brought this upon himself and should face the consequences.’
On Tuesday Ali was given a whole life sentence, so will never be eligible for parole
Sir David, 69, was stabbed more than 20 times at a constituency surgery in an Essex church in October.
On Tuesday Ali was given a whole life sentence, so will never be eligible for parole.
In an interview with the Mail, Miss Abdulle, who lives in Nairobi, said that what turned a star pupil heading for a medical career into a terrorist may have been his parents’ separation.
His father Harbi Ali Kullane, had been an adviser to the Somali prime minister. ‘The parents have long been upset by the changes in him. It is unfortunate that they did not report him in time,’ she said.
She believes that her sister was afraid to contact the police. ‘She suspected her son had joined the Islamic State group through one of his friends early last year but she was scared to report it to police,’ she said.
‘Instead she informed Ali’s father who never took the issue seriously until his son committed murder.’
In 2014, Ali was dreaming of joining Islamic State in Syria and although he enrolled on a radiotherapy course at City University, he dropped out.
Sir David, 69, was stabbed more than 20 times at a constituency surgery in Essex in October
In the same year, he was referred to the Government’s de-radicalisation scheme, Prevent, but was assessed as posing no risk of terrorism and was discharged in mid-2015.
Months later, Ali bought the knife he would use to stab Sir David at Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea.
Yesterday Ali’s aunt said that he still wanted to travel to Syria in 2019. And she urged the police to track down his former friends from London who she believes have travelled there. She said: ‘He is likely to have joined extremists in 2019, which explains why he wanted to travel then. At least one friend of his has travelled to join extremists.’
During his trial, Ali claimed his parents had no knowledge of his radical views and they thought he wanted to travel to Turkey, not Syria.
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