Murdered MP's daughter claims government 'shutting every door' in calls for public enquirySource: Good Morning Britain
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00:00Katie, it's almost four years on, but you are still, I know,
00:05experiencing enduring grief.
00:08People's hearts will go out to you.
00:10And also, we've had other tragedies in the wake of your father's murder
00:17that must make you think, why are we not immediately,
00:21as a sort of matter of emergency, making changes?
00:27What is it you are calling on the government to do today?
00:32Well, I want a full public inquiry into the failings in my father's death.
00:37The guy that did it to him was known to Prevent,
00:41and he was reported by his head teacher.
00:44Prevent failed to take it seriously, took him for a coffee.
00:48He said he wasn't a terrorist.
00:49They let him go, and then he committed this terrible, terrible attack.
00:55And three and a half years later, I still don't have any answers.
01:00I'm being completely stonewalled.
01:02I've knocked on every door.
01:03I've tried to take it through the legal system.
01:05I tried to take it through the Conservative government,
01:08now the Labour government.
01:09Every door is being slammed in my face.
01:12Southport, within six months, that terrible tragedy there,
01:20immediately the print learning report was released,
01:23and a full inquiry has been launched into their case.
01:25What is it in my father's case that they do not want
01:28coming to see the light of day?
01:30That's... So, just apologies to the viewer,
01:32because, unfortunately, there was break-up in the line there.
01:36But you're making the point that there are similarities
01:40in the case of the Southport killer,
01:44who was also referred to Prevent on a number of occasions,
01:49and that there is going to be some form of public inquiry
01:55into that case.
01:56And your point... Sorry, let me continue allowing you
01:59to make your point, Katie, the comparisons.
02:04So, it's the same profile of person that did it to my dad
02:08that did it in Southport.
02:09It's a lone terrorist in their bedroom, self-radicalising.
02:13Had the inquiry have been launched in 2021,
02:16we wouldn't be in the same situation today.