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Man gets life sentence for murdering British MP Jo Cox

Xinhua, November 23, 2016 Adjust font size:

Thomas Mair was given a life sentence for murdering Labour MP Jo Cox in June, British media reported Wednesday.

Mair, aged 53, shot and stabbed Cox on June 19. Jo Cox was the first British female MP ever to be murdered and the first MP to be killed in office since 1990. She was killed when she had been campaigning for Britain to remain in the EU.

Mair was also found guilty of having a firearm with intent, causing grievous bodily harm with intent to 78-year-old Bernard Kenny, who tried to help the MP, and having an offensive weapon, namely a dagger.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn described the murder as "an attack on democracy, and has robbed the world of an ambassador of kindness and compassion". Enditem