attacking cabinet ministers, but settled on this man, sir david amess, mp for southend west. he d advertised his constituency surgery on twitter and, lying that he was local, harbi ali fixed an appointment, e mailing to say, i don t think i ll take too long. ali harbi ali arrived here at the old bailey a self confessed terrorist killer, but he then taunted sir david s family, declaring that he d done nothing wrong. he said he d killed to protect muslims in syria. but the judge said that was no defence to the crime of murder, and the jury took just 18 minutes to convict him. he literally did something that you can t even imagine. and it doesn t heal, itjust hurts. he s hurting all the people that were involved, making them relive it. arrogant to the end, he refused to stand for the verdict. just metres away, sir david s grieving family, watching the killer s final insult to them and a public servant who had only ever wanted to do good. dominic casciani, bbc
minutes to convict him. he literally did something that you can t even imagine. and it doesn t heal, itjust hurts. he s hurting all the people involved, making them relive it. arrogant to the end, he refused to stand for the verdict. just metres away, sir david s grieving family, watching the killer s final insult to them and a public servant who had only ever wanted to do good. fiona, we will be back here at the old bailey on wednesday for ali harbi ali s sentencing, and the judge, mr sweeney, has it among the options a whole life order and has used them before terrorism cases. there is also a question here about ali harbi ali s engagement with prevent counter radicalisation scheme, which he was involved with for a year between 2014 and 15. we don t know what happened but that may come up at a future inquest
and the jury tookjust 18 minutes to convict him. he literally did something that you can t even imagine. and it doesn t heal, itjust hurts. he s hurting all the people that were involved, making them relive it. arrogant to the end, he refused to stand for the verdict. just metres away, sir david s grieving family, watching the killer s final insult to them and a public servant who had only ever wanted to do good. dominic casciani, bbc news, at the old bailey. in france, emmanuel macron and marine le pen have begun the final stage of their campaigns for the presidency, with both of them through to the second round of voting in a fortnight. some polls have put the two candidates at almost neck and neck. mr macron went straight to areas that are regarded as strongholds for madame le pen, who leads the far right national rally party. here s our paris correspondent, lucy williamson. in the north eastern
say, i don t think i ll take too long. ali harbi ali arrived here at the old bailey a self confessed terrorist killer, but he then taunted sir david s family, declaring that he d done nothing wrong. he said he had killed to protect muslims in syria. but the judge said that was no defence to the crime of murder, and thejury tookjust 18 minutes to convict him. he literally did something that you can t even imagine. and it doesn t heal, itjust hurts. he s hurting all the people involved, making them relive it. arrogant to the end, he refused to stand for the verdict. just metres away, sir david s grieving family, watching the killer s final insult to them and a public servant who had only ever wanted to do good. dominic casciani spoke to us from outside the courtroom. we will be back here at the old
here at the old bailey a self confessed terrorist killer, but he then taunted sir david s family, declaring that he d done nothing wrong. he said he d killed to protect muslims in syria. but the judge said that was no defence to the crime of murder, and thejury tookjust 18 minutes to convict him. he literally did something that you can t even imagine. and it doesn t heal, itjust hurts. he s hurting all the people that were involved, making them relive it. arrogant to the end, he refused to stand for the verdict. just metres away, sir david s grieving family, watching the killer s final insult to them and a public servant who had only ever wanted to do good. dominic casciani, bbc news, at the old bailey. in france, emmanuel macron and marine le pen are beginning a fortnight of campaigning, after reaching the second round of the presidential election last night. mr macron won more than 27%