Terror suspect to go on trial accused of murdering Tory MP David Amess

Ali Harbi Ali is due to go on trial (Elizabeth Cook/PA)

An alleged terrorist is due to go on trial today accused of murdering veteran Conservative MP David Amess as he held meetings with constituents in a church building last year.

Ali Harbi Ali, 26, denies fatally stabbing the MP for Southend West during a constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, on October 15.