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Killer of MP Jo Cox given whole life sentence

By Euro Weekly News Media • Published: 23 Nov 2016 • 13:36

The killer of West Yorkshire Labour MP Jo Cox will spend the rest of his life in prison after he was convicted of her murder.

The 41-year-old mother-of-two was shot twice in the head and stabbed 15 times as she got out of a car in the town of Birstall.

Her killer, 53-year-old gardener Thomas Mair, was described as a man obsessed by the Nazis and white supremacy.

Richard Whittam QC, for the prosecution, told the court; “The sheer brutality of her murder and the utter cowardice of her murderer bring the two extremities of humanity face to face.”

Mair, who attacked the MP on 16 June, did not give evidence in his defence and did not enter a plea.

He was found guilty of murdering the MP, grievous bodily harm of the man who went to her aid, Bernard Kenny, possessing a firearm and possessing a dagger.

Under a whole-life tariff Mair can only be released on the authority of the then Home Secretary.

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    • Chris stockman

      23 November 2016 • 21:56

      Should hang the bastard

    • Peter

      24 November 2016 • 07:47

      Jo was vocally very much anti Brexit. This guy is said to have cried, “Traitor” just before he attacked her. I wonder why no connection is made between the two or at least investigated. Possibly he had been taken in by the inflammatory rantings of Boris and Goad and Co, and just exploded, being the apparently unstable person he was. This is what nationalistic jingoistic produces sometimes when it is used by the politically ambitious during their campaigns!.

    • peukert

      24 November 2016 • 10:22

      I agree with Chris
      Why should we pay to keep him in prison for life
      Kay

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