by Steven Hopkins

November 23, 2016

 

The white supremacist who killed Labour MP Jo Cox has been given a whole life sentence after being found guilty of the “terrorist” murder.

A Jury at the Old Bailey took around an hour and a half to convict Thomas Mair of the killing along with causing grievous bodily harm to a passer-by who was stabbed when he came to Cox’s aid, possession of a firearm with intent and possession of a dagger.

The CPS said Mair had been “motivated by hate, his pre-meditated crimes were nothing less than acts of terrorism designed to advance his twisted ideology”.

The 53-year-old offered no evidence in his defence and gave no reaction to the verdicts as Cox’s family sat in silence in the packed courtroom.

 

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