Trial opens of British MP's alleged killer

The man accused of killing British lawmaker Jo Cox repeatedly shouted "Britain first" as he shot and stabbed her in a murder that shocked the country, a court heard on Monday. On the opening day of the trial of Thomas Mair at a London criminal court, prosecutor Richard Whittam said the 53-year-old was guilty of the "cowardly attack" on the mother-of-two on June 16, during the EU referendum campaign. "As she arrived she was brutally murdered by one of her constituents, this defendant, Thomas Mair," Whittam said.