Tragedy as married father-of-five, 69, is stabbed to death by knifeman


His attacker sprinted into the church and stabbed him to death during his weekly surgery as constituents watched in horror.The Tory MP for Southend West, 69, was meeting locals at the Belfairs Methodist Church, in Eastwood Road North, Leigh-on-Sea, when it happened just at 12.05pm.