Heartbroken husband of MP Jo Cox helps raise £300,000 in just hours for his wife’s favourite charities
Brendan Cox tweets his 11,000 followers a link to a Go Fund Me page which will help protect people in Syria, tackle loneliness and fight extremism
THE devastated husband of murdered MP Jo Cox has helped raised more than £300,000 overnight for his wife's favourite charities.
Brendan Cox tweeted his 11,000 followers a link to a Go Fund Me page last night which will help protect people in Syria, tackle loneliness and fight extremism.
The 41-year-old mum-of-two - MP for Batley and Spen in West Yorkshire - was gunned down in her constituency in broad daylight on Thursday afternoon.
The total - which currently stands at £307,000 - will be donated to three charities close to Jo's heart: The Royal Voluntary Service, HOPE not hate and The White Helmets.
A message posted on the read: "We are overwhelmed by everyone's incredible generosity and so grateful for all your donations... thank you for your patience and support for Jo."
Her last words were "my pain is too much" as she lay dying in the street
Brendan, a political activist and former adviser to Gordon Brown, tweeted: "Protecting people in Syria, tackling loneliness& fighting extremism; some of the causes Jo fought 4.
"U can help here."
Jo was shot three times and knifed another seven times shortly after 1pm on Thursday.
Tommy Mair, a mentally ill loner, is in police custody after the MP was shot in the head and stabbed repeatedly with a foot-long knife.
Witnesses claim Jo, 41, was dragged to the floor by her hair and then gunned down at point-blank range by a man armed with an antique pistol.
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He shot her as she left a constituency surgery at 12.50pm in Birstall, West Yorks.
Witnesses told how the alleged killer, identified as Thomas Mair, 52, calmly stood over her and reloaded each time before executing Jo with a final bullet to the head.
Her last words were "my pain is too much" as she lay dying in the street.
The well-respected MP's assistant Fazila Aswat held her in her arms as she took her last few breaths – just moments after being shot and stabbed in a horrifying attack.
Last night her husband Brendan issued a heartfelt statement saying the world needed to “fight against the hatred that killed her”.
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