Media captionBBC News looks back at events that led up to the murder. Thomas Mair has been jailed for life after he was found guilty of the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox.
The 53-year-old shot and stabbed to death the mother-of-two in Birstall, West Yorkshire, on 16 June, a week before the EU referendum vote.
Mair did not enter a plea and chose not to give any evidence in his defence.
Mrs Cox"s husband Brendan said he was not there for “retribution” and felt “nothing but pity for” Mair, in a statement read out to the Old Bailey.
In sentencing, Judge Mr Justice Wilkie said Mair had affected to be a patriot, but Mrs Cox was, in the true meaning of the word, a patriot.
He described her as a wonderful mother, sister, daughter and companion, with a generosity of spirit that was apparent even when faced by a violent death.
Before sentencing, Mair asked to speak to the courtroom but the judge said he had already had an opportunity and declined.
Mrs Cox"s parents, Jean and Gordon Leadb..
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