that he went to see sir david amess via a booked appointment at his surgery. he lied to get in, he said he wanted to talk about things like local amenities and church attendances, but when he went into the room to meet with sir david he sat down, talked for awhile and questioned sir david amess about his vote against bombings in iraq and syria, and then he apologised before he pulled out a lime green knife and stabbed the mp 21 times. the police then arrived and they went to confront ali. it was at that point that he realised they won t not armed but he dropped the knife. he told the court and he told the police before he wanted to be shot after stabbing the mp. as you heard in daniel s report, sir david amess wasn t the first mp on ali s list. he had also looked at michael gove s home address eight different times before researching other mps including dominic raab, and also jess phillips. he also went to the