Police confirm a 25-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Conservative MP, Sir David Amess
A 25-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Sir David Amess and the preparation of terrorist acts, the Crown Prosecution Service confirmed on Thursday.
Police have named the suspect as Ali Harbi Ali.
Over the weekend, police were studying CCTV taken near Ali’s home.
Video footage showed a man walking with a backpack across his right shoulder and his hand in his left pocket.
It was filmed from outside a convenience store on Highgate Road, Kentish Town, at 8.44am on Friday (October 15), just hours before the attack.
The CPS has authorised charges against Ali Harbi Ali for the murder of MP Sir David Amess. He has also been charged with the preparation of terrorist acts.
Sir David, 69, died after being stabbed multiple times at a constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea on Friday.
