> He told jurors at the Old Bailey: “He [Sir David] voted previously in Parliament, not just him… I decided if I couldn’t make hijrah, if I couldn’t help the Muslims [in Syria], I would do something here.”
*You can make the trip from Mecca to Medina by railway, you can make it by trailway*
*You can make it on an airplane, you can make it on Google Earth,*
*You can make it by a caravan, cross the desert like an Arab man*
> Asked what difference killing Sir David would make, he said: “**For one, he can’t vote again**.
> “If he had previous for doing votes like that he won’t do it in the future, and **perhaps send a message to his colleagues**.”
> He added: “So hopefully, he won’t be able to harm Muslims in that regard.”
> Under cross-examination by Tom Little QC, Mr Ali told the court he had no regrets about killing Sir David, 69, during a constituency surgery at Belfairs Church but denied being “utterly shameless”.
> He said: “I wouldn’t use the word ‘shameless’, but I don’t have any shame.”
> Mr Little said: “You don’t think you did any thing wrong?”
> Mr Ali replied: “**If I thought I did anything wrong, I wouldn’t have done it**.”
> He also retracted comments made to police saying he would not now class his actions as “terror”, saying the attack on Sir David was comparable with the actions of MPs who voted for Syrian airstrikes.
> He told the court: “I don’t think I would use those words now.
> “If I was to use that word on myself, I would expect the British politicians who bombed Syria to use that word on themselves.”
> He also denied being a radical Muslim, insisting “*I am a moderate Muslim*”.
*I am a moderate Muslim ^I ^am ^a ^moderate ^Muslim ^^I ^^am ^^a ^^moderate ^^Muslim ^^^I ^^^am ^^^a ^^^moderate ^^^Muslim ^^^^I ^^^^am ^^^^a ^^^^moderate ^^^^Muslim*
He is more or less literally asking for a whole life sentence.
Also, what’s the record for the shortest jury deliberation in history?
Wow, truly it is a complete mystery what his motivations were. Perhaps it was hurty words on Twitter that did it?
I wasn’t aware pleading not guilty then telling the jury you did it was an option.
So many innocent brits have been killed by these terrorists. Now it’s a politican who actually was involved in deciding to attack them who is killed.
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> He told jurors at the Old Bailey: “He [Sir David] voted previously in Parliament, not just him… I decided if I couldn’t make hijrah, if I couldn’t help the Muslims [in Syria], I would do something here.”
Really, couldn’t have made Hirjrah?
[To quote a banger](https://youtu.be/Z0WDS-EQoIM)
*You can make the trip from Mecca to Medina by railway, you can make it by trailway*
*You can make it on an airplane, you can make it on Google Earth,*
*You can make it by a caravan, cross the desert like an Arab man*
> Asked what difference killing Sir David would make, he said: “**For one, he can’t vote again**.
> “If he had previous for doing votes like that he won’t do it in the future, and **perhaps send a message to his colleagues**.”
> He added: “So hopefully, he won’t be able to harm Muslims in that regard.”
> Under cross-examination by Tom Little QC, Mr Ali told the court he had no regrets about killing Sir David, 69, during a constituency surgery at Belfairs Church but denied being “utterly shameless”.
> He said: “I wouldn’t use the word ‘shameless’, but I don’t have any shame.”
> Mr Little said: “You don’t think you did any thing wrong?”
> Mr Ali replied: “**If I thought I did anything wrong, I wouldn’t have done it**.”
> He also retracted comments made to police saying he would not now class his actions as “terror”, saying the attack on Sir David was comparable with the actions of MPs who voted for Syrian airstrikes.
> He told the court: “I don’t think I would use those words now.
> “If I was to use that word on myself, I would expect the British politicians who bombed Syria to use that word on themselves.”
> He also denied being a radical Muslim, insisting “*I am a moderate Muslim*”.
*I am a moderate Muslim ^I ^am ^a ^moderate ^Muslim ^^I ^^am ^^a ^^moderate ^^Muslim ^^^I ^^^am ^^^a ^^^moderate ^^^Muslim ^^^^I ^^^^am ^^^^a ^^^^moderate ^^^^Muslim*
He is more or less literally asking for a whole life sentence.
Also, what’s the record for the shortest jury deliberation in history?
Wow, truly it is a complete mystery what his motivations were. Perhaps it was hurty words on Twitter that did it?
I wasn’t aware pleading not guilty then telling the jury you did it was an option.
So many innocent brits have been killed by these terrorists. Now it’s a politican who actually was involved in deciding to attack them who is killed.