White supremacist found guilty of murdering U.K. lawmaker Jo Cox - News Summed Up

White supremacist found guilty of murdering U.K. lawmaker Jo Cox


Far-right extremist Thomas Mair has been found guilty of murdering Labour MP Jo Cox. ( DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP/GETTY IMAGES )LONDON—A white supremacist who shot and stabbed a pro-European U.K. lawmaker while shouting “Britain first” was convicted of murder by a jury on Wednesday. Judge Alan Wilkie sentenced Thomas Mair to life without parole for killing Jo Cox, in what prosecutors called an act of terrorism. Mair, who has been found guilty of murdering Cox, has been sentenced to life with parole. A jury found Mair a man with white supremacist views guilty of murdering Cox a week before Britain's EU membership referendum.


Source: thestar November 23, 2016 13:51 UTC



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