Thomas Mair, Jo Cox’s murderer, was sentenced to life in prison due to his criminal offense. Scroll down to know his whereabouts.
Thomas Mair was 52 years old when he brutally murdered the late MP Jo Cox. He is an unemployed gardener.
Furthermore, he told the police that he was a “political activist” before he was rugby tackled to the ground a mile from the crime scene.
Thomas Mair Wikipedia
Thomas Mair’s name can be found on the late MP Jo Cox’s Wikipedia page. However, Thomas does not have a dedicated Wikipedia of his own.
Furthermore, Thomas was born on August 12 1963 in Kilmarnock, Scotland, and later moved to Birstall, West Yorkshire. He resided there until he murdered Jo Cox. As of 2021, he is 57 years old.
The murdered had attended a local college in Birstall. He had also attended a center for adults after having mental health issues as well, according to the news.
In addition, he even used to visit the local library and used the internet to plot the murder of Jo Cox. Besides these, he also used to watch many movies and read several books related to murder and politics.
Moreover, Mair used to work as a gardener.
Jo Cox Murderer – Where Is He Now?
Jo Cox’s murderer, Thomas Mair, is in Frankland prison now. The prison is in Durhan, England.
Furthermore, he has been there for more than four years. In fact, Mair has been locked up in a single cell in County Durham with high-level security. He has been given a whole-life prison sentence due to the exceptional seriousness of his crimes.
In fact, a judge at the Old Bailey even said that Mair’s offense is so grave he could only be freed by the Secretary of State.
Mair is believed to be one of the 67 prisoners serving whole life imprisonment.
Back in the November of 2016, Thomas had murdered the Labor MP Jo Cox. Jo was attacked at around 1 pm on the 16th of June 2016 as she made her way to a constituency meeting on Market Street, Birstall.
Jo was shot and was stabbed 15 times until she finally died. She suffered knife wounds to her heart, lungs, stomach, and liver before being blasted three times through her hands with a sawn-off gun as she tried to protect her head.
It was very heroic of Jo to warn her two aides to stay back and let Thomas hurt her but not them.
Thomas Mair Family & Religion
Until today, the complete details of Thomas Mair’s family and religion are not disclosed.
However, we have come to know that he was raised by his maternal grandmother Helen Mair.
Sadly, when his grandmother died in 1996, Thomas lived alone at their old address close to the scene of the shooting in Birstall.
Furthermore, Mair was an unemployed gardener and has a half-brother Duane St Louis and a brother Scott Mair.