Jo Cox

The killer of Labour MP Jo Cox has been charged with murder, grievous bodily harm, possession of a firearm with intent to commit an indictable offence and possession of an offensive weapon.  , 52, while in court on Saturday morning refuses to say his name, but instead said his name is "'Death To Traitors, Freedom For Britain'.

                     

                                  Labour MP Jo Cox(L) and her killer Thomas Mair (R)

He was handcuffed to a guard, and wore a grey jumper, tracksuit bottoms and black shoes.

After giving his name, the deputy magistrate, Emma Arbuthnot asked that he be remanded at Belmarsh Prison until his next appearance.Arbuthnot also said a psychiatric report be prepared saying "Bearing in mind the name he has just given, he ought to be seen by a psychiatrist."

According to an American civil rights group, Mair had bought his homemade gun manual from a Neo-Nazi group in the US.

The Southern Poverty Law Centre (SPLC) said Mair was sent an invoice for £430 worth of books by the National Alliance - a white separatist movement.

 

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A British MP, Jo Cox, 41,  had died after she was stabbed and shot on the street in a village in northern England where she was meeting with local constituents. The mother of two was left left bleeding on the pavement in Birstall, 200miles north of London, before airlifted to a local hospital where she died about an hour later.

                       

                                                        Jo Cox

According to eyewitnesses, her attacker was heard yelling "put Britain first", and the attacker has been named locally as Tommy Mair.

Police have arrested the  52 year old man after the attack, someone neighbours have described as "a loner"

                    

                                           Tommy Mair, Jo Cox killer

Releasing a statement after the incident, Chief Constable Dee Collins said the killing was a lone incident and will not be looking for anyone else in connection to the attack. 

Though it is not clear if the attack is linked to the EU debate or Cox was deliberately targeted in the attack, as she campaigned for the "remain" group. Both campaigns "Leave and Remain" had both suspended their campaigns and have sent condolences in light of the attack.

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