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- Police opened an investigation after a man spat three times on Sir David Amess’s memorial in Southend.
- The man posted the incident on TikTok under the username “Angry Jesus.”
- Family spokesperson Radd Seiger called the act deeply upsetting and welcomed the probe.
- Southend councillor Matt Dent condemned the spitting as an assault on the city.
- Former home secretary Dame Priti Patel described the act as sickening and disgusting on X.
