‘Betrayal’: David Amess’ family react to inquiry decision

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Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has rejected calls from the family of Sir David Amess for a public inquiry into his death. The Conservative MP was murdered at his constituency surgery in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, in October 2021. Sir David’s family have described the government’s decision as “unacceptable” and “insulting”. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:30This decision is an absolute insult and a betrayal to my family and our father's memory.

00:42How can the government justify holding inquiries for other tragic events like Southport and

00:47Nottingham yet they refuse to investigate the very system that failed my father?

01:00Mate, drop the knife! Drop the f***ing knife now! Get it down!

01:07We've got it, we've got it, we've got it. Right, search him.

01:14Terror.

01:15Pardon?

01:16Terror.

01:31Can you hear this, huh?

01:44It was really good. We talked about, you know, the differences of...

01:49We have a proposal in the room here that is meant to be...

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