Police have
confirmed that Jo Cox was harassed for months in the lead up to her fatal
shooting.
The
41-year-old Labour MP for Batley and Spen died yesterday after she was stabbed
and shot outside a library in Birstall.
Her death
comes three months after a man was cautioned for sending her ‘malicious
communications’.Police have
since confirmed the abuse messages were not the same man who was arrested on
Thursday following the attack.
Witnesses
said her attacker kicked and stabbed her and then shot her several times, the
final shot aimed at her head.
The alleged
gunman has been named locally as Tommy Mair, 52.
He
reportedly shouted ‘Britain First’ during the incident – though the group have
denied any involvement.
He was
arrested near the scene soon after the attack.Mrs Cox had
previously complained to police about receiving malicious communications.
A
Metropolitan Police spokeswoman said: ‘Officers received an allegation of
malicious communications from Jo Cox MP, and in March 2016 arrested a man in
connection with the investigation.
‘The man
subsequently accepted a police caution. The man who accepted the police caution
is not the man in custody in West Yorkshire.’
The attack
on Mrs Cox comes after female MPs said security was a ‘key concern’ when they
were surveyed last August.
Fellow
Labour MP Jess Phillips recently reported receiving more than 600 rape threats
after condemning online abuse.
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