Family of murdered MP say rejection of calls for full inquiry 'like salt in a wound'

The family of the murdered MP Sir David Amess have criticised an "insulting" rejection by the home secretary of their calls for a public inquiry into his death, accusing the government of "adding salt on an open wound".

- Jessica Elgot

The home secretary said in a letter to Julia and Katie Amess that it was "hard to see how an inquiry would be able to go beyond" the terrorist killer Ali Harbi Ali's trial and the recently published Prevent learning review.

Yvette Cooper will instead appoint an independent external reviewer to look over the findings of the investigative work and scrutiny that has already been completed.

In an emotional press conference, the MP's daughter Katie Amess said she was "so, so angry that this was how they felt this should be dealt with and such sadness at the betrayal of people that are claiming to be my dad's friends just fobbing us off".