Editing Thomas Mair (section)

==Background==
Thomas Alexander Mair, a 52-year-old unemployed gardener born in Scotland. Mair had mental health problems, though he was declared sane in the moment of the crime. He believed individuals of liberal and left-wing political viewpoints, and the mainstream media, were the cause of the world's problems. He targeted Cox, a "passionate defender" of the European Union and immigration, because he saw her as "one of 'the collaborators' [and] a traitor" to white people.

Mair had links to British and American far-right political groups including the neo-[[fascist]] [[National Front]] (NF), the United States-based neo-Nazi organization [[National Vanguard]] (the successor to the defunct National Alliance) and the [[English Defense League|English Defence League]] (EDL); he had attended far-right gatherings and purchased publications from the aforementioned National Vanguard and other outlets,to some of which he had sent letters and expressed support for South African [[apartheid]]. In his home were found [[Nazi]] regalia, far-right books, and information on the construction of bombs. He had searched the internet for information about the [[BNP|British National Party]] (BNP), South African apartheid, the [[Ku Klux Klan]], prominent Jewish people, matricide, white supremacism/nationalism, Nazism/Nazi Party, SS/Waffen SS, Israel, [[Mass Shooting|mass shootings]], serial killers, [[Frazier Glenn Miller, Jr.]], William Hague, Ian Gow (another assassinated MP), and Norwegian far-right terrorist [[Anders Behring Breivik]] (about whose case he collected newspaper clippings). He also owned Nazi iconography and books and films related to the Nazis. A police official described Mair as a "loner in the truest sense of the word ... who never held down a job, never had a girlfriend [and] never [had] any friends". ''The Guardian'' said that he "appears to have fantasied about killing a 'collaborator' for more than 17 years, drawing inspiration from" [[David Copeland]].

The evening before killing Cox, Mair visited a treatment centre in Birstall seeking help for depression; he was told to return the next day for an appointment. However, Mair's health was not part of the defence case in the trial. After his arrest, he was examined by a psychiatrist who found no evidence that Mair's mental health was so impaired that he could not be held responsible for his conduct.
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