HE WOULD HAVE KILLED AGAIN

How Thomas Mair planned more killings including his own MOTHER

EVIL Thomas Mair is feared to have planned more killings including his own MOTHER.

The 53-year-old had researched assassinating Jo Cox with just one bullet, but left his house with 28.

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Thomas Mair was found guilty of the terror-related murder of Labour MP Jo CoxCredit: Getty Images

And chillingly three days before he struck he looked into matricide – the act of killing one’s mother – as well as another EU remain campaigner, William Hague.

Thomas Mair will die in prison after he was today convicted of brutally slaughtering the mum-of-one in a "callous assassination" outside a constituency surgery.

He also specifically investigated "son kills mother for miscegenation", the term used for "mixing of different racial groups through marriage, cohabitation, sexual relations or procreation".

Mair has a half-brother called Duane, who describes himself as “mixed-race” and whose parents are the killer’s mum Mary Goodall and a man named Reginald St Louis.

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His trial also heard how he researched Mr Hague, the former Tory leader and Remain campaigner, during same sessions he was looking into murder and Jo.

The far-right nut hid his secret obsession with the Third Reich behind a cleverly crafted double life – cutting neighbours’ lawns while he plotted the politician's murder.

Books including March Of The Titans: A History Of The White Race; publications on the German Holocaust; and SS Race Theory And Late Selection Guidelines were found at Mair's home, the jury heard
Thomas Mair's home in Birstall, West Yorkshire, (left) has been boarded up since his arrest in JuneCredit: PA:Press Association
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Jo Cox was brutally shot and stabbed by Thomas Mair outside her constituency surgery in JuneCredit: Handout

But families on the run-down Birstall estate where Thomas Mair lived alone for years after the death of his grandparents regarded him as harmless - perhaps even vulnerable.

They playfully nicknamed him Marigold for his love of gardening in the brightly coloured rubber gloves and told how he taught disabled kids and volunteered.

Mair, who had a teaching qualification, studied at a local college as a mature student, regularly delivered his mum's food shopping and spent the day there before the murder tuning her telly.

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Mair had completely withdrawn from society, only speaking to grunt “computer” at library staff, where he masterminded his evil plot and fed himself a diet of far-right hate.

Not even his closest relatives - his mum or two brothers - knew of his twisted Neo-Nazi views or his online ties to networks of white supremacists.

But when police searched his "sparsely furnished" home on the day of Mrs Cox's murder on June 16, they were met with a hoard of Nazi memorabilia, including a bookcase featuring a Third Reich golden eagle with a swastika on top.

Inside one of the 'sparsely furnished' rooms in Mair's home, containing a chest of drawers, a clothing rail and toilet rollCredit: PA:Press Association
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They were also shown a series of pictures of Mair's large collection of far-right books and magazines
Jurors were shown a series of pictures taken of Mair's belongings at his housing association homeCredit: PA:Press Association
A police search uncovered a double-page press cutting on Norwegian mass killer Anders Breivik and a dossier on Mrs CoxCredit: PA:Press Association
West Yorkshire Police handout photo of the inside of a kitchen cupboard in the home of Thomas Mair which was shown to jury at the Old BaileyCredit: PA:Press Association
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Cops also found Nazi badges and a “Deutschland” cap, as well as a large collection of far-Right and white supremacist books and magazines.

Titles included March of the Titans: A History of the White Race and SS Race Theory and Mate Selection Guidelines.

The court was told the search unearthed press cuttings on Norwegian mass killer Anders Breivik and a dossier on Mrs Cox.

Mair had lived alone in his council house in Birstall, West Yorkshire, since 1996, jurors heard.

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Police seized computers from libraries in Birstall and Batley which Mair had used to look at more far-right material and search for information on Mrs Cox and .22 rifles.

A police search uncovered a dossier on Jo Cox and her political historyCredit: PA:Press Association
The court heard Mair searched for Mrs Cox on Wikipedia and Google ImagesCredit: PA:Press Association
A photo of the shotgun that Thomas Mair is accused of using to kill MP Jo CoxCredit: PA:Press Association
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The court was also shown the knife used to stab the MP in her West Yorkshire constituencyCredit: PA:Press Association

On April 6, he looked at the American neo-Nazi news site Daily Stormer before searching for Dylann Roof, who was suspected of killing nine black Americans in Charleston in 2015.

He also searched for the Ku Klux Klan, former BNP leaders, and matricide.

The judge told the jury Mair's internet search history had been analysed as far back as 2012 and also contained searches for the National Front and the Occidental Observer, which covers politics from a white nationalist perspective.

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Mair also searched for the Conservative MP Ian Gow, who was murdered by the IRA, the last MP to be murdered before Mrs Cox.

Jurors were shown a YouTube video that Mair watched on June 7 of an American man shooting a .22 sawn-off shotgun in a field, filmed from a head-cam.

This was the same day he was said to have searched for Mrs Cox on Wikipedia and Google Images.

The jury was shown pictures from inside Mair's home, which had a Third Reich Eagle ornament on a bookshelf at his homeCredit: PA:Press Association
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The police found hoards of Nazi memorabilia inside Mair's home, where he has lived alone since 1996Credit: PA:Press Association

The court was previously shown a .22 calibre Weihrauch rifle found in Mair’s holdall, which had been modified to be fired one-handed.

Neighbour Katie Green, who had lived near the man she knows as 'Tommy' for 13 years told jurors during the trial: "[He was] very quiet, very shy and I didn't see any visitors."

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She said Mair was a very keen gardener who spent a lot of time outside maintaining his own and other people's gardens.

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Ms Green said her neighbour, who would almost always wear a baseball cap, had once cut the grass at her house.

A West Yorkshire Police handout photo shows a black holdall with the gun allegedly used to murder Jo CoxCredit: PA:Press Association
Other object in the holdall include a bag of bullets, keys, a phone and a gold-coloured metal cylinderCredit: PA:Press Association
The cylinder found in Mair's bag conceals a hidden blade, the court heardCredit: PA:Press Association
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A black wallet containing Thomas Mair's student ID card was among the items recovered by policeCredit: PA:Press Association

Giving evidence by videolink from Leeds Crown Court, the mother said she had seen Mair on the morning of Mrs Cox's murder.

"He had a pair of dark trousers on, a dark khaki jacket and a cream baseball cap," she said, adding that he was carrying three or four bags.

"He always carried bags."

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Witnesses said Mair screamed, "Britain first. This is for Britain. Britain will always come first", as he shot the MP three times, including twice in the head, and stabbed her 15 times with a dagger, just a week before the EU referendum.

Thomas Mair was today found guilty of the murder of MP Jo CoxCredit: PA:Press Association
The court heard Mair, pictured, shouted "Britain First" as he repeatedly shot and stabbed Jo CoxCredit: PA:Press Association
An injury to the hand of Thomas Mair which was shown to jury at the Old BaileyCredit: PA:Press Association
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The jury were shown images of a head injury sustained by Thomas Mair during his arrestCredit: PA:Press Association

He refused to give evidence at the Old Bailey yesterday, with Judge Alan Wilkie reminding jurors to draw their own conclusions on his decision.

Mair had declined to enter a plea at a pre-trial hearing in October, so a judge had recorded a plea of not guilty on his behalf.

However the court was told that when Mair appeared at London's Westminster Magistrates Court after being charged he had given his name as "death to traitors, freedom for Britain".

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Mair was today silenced by trial judge Mr Justice Wilkie who refused his request to address the court before he was sentenced.

The judge paid tribute to Mrs Cox's "generosity of spirit" as she tried to help others - even as she was facing a violent death.

To an impassive Mair, he said: "In the true meaning of the word she was a patriot.

"You affect to be a patriot. The words you uttered repeatedly when you killed her give lip service to that concept.

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"Those sentiments can be legitimate and can have resonance but in your mouth, allied to your actions, they are tainted and made toxic.

"You are no patriot. By your actions you have betrayed the quintessence of our country, its adherence to parliamentary democracy."


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