A veteran British Conservative lawmaker was “assassinated” by a “committed, fanatical, radicalised Islamist terrorist,” a court heard. Sir David Amess, a 69-year-old father of five, had served as the member of Parliament for the Southend West constituency since 1997. He was brutally attacked on Oct. 15, 2021, when meeting constituents in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, and later died of multiple stab wounds to the chest. Ali Harbi Ali, 25, a British national of Somali descent, was charged with the murder and “the preparation of terrorist acts” and appeared in court on Monday afternoon. Tom Little QC, opening the case at the Old Bailey, told jurors: “This was nothing less than an assassination for terrorist purposes. It is a crime to which, we say, he has no defence.” Little said: “This is a case involving a cold and calculated murder, a murder carried out in a place of worship. A murder carried out …