Sir David Amess feared that he may have fallen victim to another Brass Eye-style prank as he asked a terrorist if he was “from the Labour Party”, a court heard.
Ali Harbi Ali stabbed the veteran Conservative MP 21 times at a constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, on Oct 15 last year.
The 26-year-old allegedly waved the blood-stained, 12in-long knife before being apprehended by two unarmed police officers.
On Friday, jurors watched video police interviews in which Mr Ali calmly described in detail how he had carried out the attack.
He told police: “Sat down with him. He was quick, but I think he knew straight away something was up. Well, it looked awkward ‘cos I was holding my phone, ready to send off, like, a bunch of messages to let my family know what was up.
“Then he must’ve thought that it was a sting from the Labour Party, because he said to me: ‘Oh, you must be very politically inclined. You’re from the Labour Party. You’re not recording me, are you?’
“Because… Brass Eye, they did a thing on him, like, 14 years ago.”
