To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.Ali was born in the UK and it is not thought he had made any recent trips to his native Somalia or Kenya, where the terror cell al-Shabaab has a strong base.
Nothing has been flagged on travel databases while travel to east Africa during the Covid pandemic has been difficult and might have raised concerns among authorities.The alleged killer has no known connections to Leigh-on-Sea or to Sir David, authorities have now concluded.
He grew up in Croydon in south London and was living in Kentish Town in north London at the time the politician was killed. .
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