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| Jo Cox accused 'had bag of bullets' | Jo Cox accused 'had bag of bullets' |
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| The man accused of murdering Jo Cox MP had a bag of bullets in his pocket when he was arrested, a court has heard. | |
| PC Craig Nicholls said he also saw what looked like a pistol in a black holdall when he and PC Jonathan Wright detained the man in Birstall, West Yorkshire. | PC Craig Nicholls said he also saw what looked like a pistol in a black holdall when he and PC Jonathan Wright detained the man in Birstall, West Yorkshire. |
| PC Nicholls said the man put his arms up and said "It's me" when the officers arrested him on 16 June. | PC Nicholls said the man put his arms up and said "It's me" when the officers arrested him on 16 June. |
| Thomas Mair, 53, from Birstall, denies murder. He is accused of shooting and stabbing the MP for Batley and Spen. | Thomas Mair, 53, from Birstall, denies murder. He is accused of shooting and stabbing the MP for Batley and Spen. |
| Mrs Cox, 41, was set upon outside her constituency surgery in Birstall, near Leeds. | |
| The defendant denies murder, grievous bodily harm with intent, possession of a firearm with intent to commit an indictable offence and possession of an offensive weapon - a dagger. | |
| The court has also heard how 77-year-old Bernard Carter-Kenny was injured as he tried to save Mrs Cox, 41. | The court has also heard how 77-year-old Bernard Carter-Kenny was injured as he tried to save Mrs Cox, 41. |
| Pc Nicholls told the court he was on unarmed patrol in a marked police car in Birstall with colleague PC Jonathan Wright when they were told to search for a man thought to be involved in a shooting. | |
| Just after 1.30pm they spotted a man on Leeds Road, wearing a black baseball cap and carrying a black holdall in his hand and followed him to Risedale Avenue, a cul-de-sac residential street. | |
| 'Heavy impact' | |
| The officers asked him to show his hands and he dropped the bag. He turned around to police, put his hands in his pockets and change fell out. | |
| He put his arms up and said "it's me", PC Nicholls told the court. | |
| The officers got out of the patrol car, ran towards him and rugby tackled him to the ground with a "heavy impact", the arresting officer said. | |
| They found a large amount of bullets in a plastic bag in the man's left trouser pocket and what looked like a pistol in his bag. | |
| The man sustained injuries to his head as he "bashed" it against the ground when he came down, the court heard. | |
| An ambulance took him to Leeds General Infirmary for treatment before he was later taken to a police station. | |
| The trial continues. | The trial continues. |
| Who was Jo Cox? | |
| Jo Cox was a self-proclaimed "proud Yorkshire lass" whose work for charity took her around the world and whose political success led her to Westminster. | |
| The 41-year-old mother-of-two was elected as MP for Batley and Spen in the 2015 election and increased Labour's majority to 6,051 (from 4,406 in the 2010 election). | |
| She described herself as "proud and humbled" to be the Labour MP for the place where she was born. | |
| Mrs Cox first worked in politics after graduating from Cambridge University in 1995, but then built a career working for charities including Oxfam, Save the Children and the NSPCC. | |
| She was described by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn as "a much loved colleague, a real talent and a dedicated campaigner for justice and peace." | |
| Tireless campaigner turned political 'star' |