Daughter of Murdered MP David Amess Sues Essex Police and Home Office

The daughter of veteran MP Sir David Amess, who was stabbed to death on in 2021 by an Islamic extremist, is suing Essex Police and the Home Office to “ensure proper accountability and learning” from her father’s murder. Katie Amess, who is one of Sir David’s five children, has filed a personal injury claim at the High Court. Her legal representatives, Hickman & Rose solicitors, said that she was “horrified, like so many others, by the fact of her father’s murder and the circumstances surrounding it.” “She has issued a claim at court as part of her desire to ensure proper accountability and learning from Sir David’s murder, including for the future benefit of others,” said the head of civil litigation at the firm, Daniel Machover....