The mother of Sir 's killer suspected he had joined before he brutally murdered the MP but never reported him to police, it can be revealed. Ali Harbi Ali, 26, is facing a life sentence after jurors took just 18 minutes to convict him yesterday of the 'cold and calculating' murder of the MP and a plot to assassinate other politicians. After a harrowing seven-day trial at the Old Bailey, new details can be revealed about how a 'healthy, happy' young boy became a 'bloodthirsty Islamic State-supporting murderer' - and the multiple missed chances to stop him. In one shocking revelation, his mother suspected her son had joined the Islamic State terror group a year before the savage killing, but was too afraid to report him, according to his aunt. Ali's father 'never took the issue seriously until his son committed murder', she said.  Islamic State fanatic Ali Harbi Ali, 26, seen in a mugshot released yesterday (left) and in a sketch from court today, right - where he refused to stand up while hearing his verdict for 'religious reasons'  The 26-year-old stabbed Sir David more than 20 times with a foot-long carving knife at Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex Born in Southwark in February 1996, Ali is the eldest of four children. His father, Harbi Ali Kullane, was a former adviser to the prime minister of Somalia who moved to the UK from Mogadishu, marrying wife Jamila in London.But the couple split when Ali was young, with his father dividing his time between London and east Africa.Ali grew up in a three-bedroom 1980s terrace house in Croydon with his mum, brother and two sisters. His family was 'full of love and care', Ali would tell police, kilis escort adding: 'I had a big wider family that used to come round and help.

I don't recall any bad memories from that time.'Ali attended Parish Church Junior and Infant School - now Minster Junior - in Croydon, followed by Riddlesdown Collegiate School in Purley, the old school of model Kate Moss. RELATED ARTICLES



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For his first five years there, he was said to have 'excelled academically'. 'He was smart, especially in sciences,' one former friend recalled. 'I remember him scoring well on science tests consistently. 'I can only assume he wanted to do medicine to help people, which is exactly the kind of person he was.'He added: 'I don't recall ever seeing him angry.

Frustrated about something trivial like any other kid, yeah, but never angry. The conversations I can remember having with him were about the edgy kinda rock that teens typically love, video games - that kind of stuff.'He was very sweet, and just welcoming in general.
Whenever I think of him, I just see the happy, dorky kid and teen that everyone liked. It's unthinkable that he'd so much as instigate a scuffle, yet alone kill someone.' Ali is also accused of preparing acts of terrorism by targeting MPs Michael Gove and Mike Freer between May 1 2019 and September this year Conservative MP for Southend West Sir David Amess (left), pictured with his wife Julia Arnold (far left) and his four daughters