Thomas Mair, a white supremacist, has been found guilty of murdering British MP and mother of two Jo Cox.<br /><br /> The 41-year-old Labour politician was shot three times and repeatedly stabbed in her constituency in northern England a week ahead of the UK’s in-out referendum on EU membership.<br /><br /> Mair was handed a whole-life sentence and can only be released by the Interior Minister.<br /><br /> Old Bailey Judge Justice Wilkie concluded the act was premeditated. Mair is said to have thoroughly researched his intended victim and knew Cox was the mother of young children.<br /><br /> The trial heard the 53-year-old shouted “Britain first” and “Keep Britain independent” as he carried out the attack and he told the arresting officers he was a political activist. Cox had campaigned for the UK to remain in the EU. <br /><br /> Jurors were asked not to consider his motives, but to decide simply whether or not he was guilty of murder.<br /><br /> Cox’s death sent shockwaves around Britain and further afield.<br /><br /> A former resident of Brussels, she will be commemorated in the European capital with a public space in her name.<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /> Jo Cox's sister Kim Leadbetter: "There may have been one act of cowardice, but there were many acts of bravery" https://t.co/nqq8xeKUoY— Sky News (@SkyNews) November 23, 2016<br />
