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| Labour MP Jo Cox 'murdered for a political cause' | |
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| Labour MP Jo Cox was shot and stabbed to death for a "political and/or ideological cause", the Old Bailey has heard. | |
| Thomas Mair, 53, allegedly murdered Mrs Cox outside her constituency surgery in Birstall, near Leeds, on 16 June. | Thomas Mair, 53, allegedly murdered Mrs Cox outside her constituency surgery in Birstall, near Leeds, on 16 June. |
| He shouted "Britain First" as he carried out the attack and researched a "far right" online publication in the weeks leading up to the killing, jurors were told. | |
| Mr Mair, from Birstall, denies murder. | Mr Mair, from Birstall, denies murder. |
| The court heard 41-year-old Mrs Cox was to hold a surgery in a library after visiting a local school and care home when she was attacked. | |
| Prosecutor Richard Whittam QC said: "As she arrived she was brutally murdered by one of her constituents, this defendant, Thomas Mair. | |
| "It was a cowardly attack by a man armed with a firearm and a knife. | |
| "Jo Cox was shot three times and suffered multiple stab wounds. During the course of the murder Thomas Mair was heard by a number of witnesses to say repeatedly 'Britain First'." | |
| Mrs Cox was "brutally murdered... in what was a planned and pre-meditated murder for a political and/or ideological cause", Mr Whittam added. | |
| Jurors were told that a 77-year-old man was also injured as he tried to save Mrs Cox. | |
| The trial is expected to last for up to three weeks. |