Killer Mair is silent recluse
THE man who murdered Jo Cox has become a recluse who barely speaks to his fellow prisoners.
Neo-Nazi Thomas Mair shot the MP three times and stabbed her 15 times while shouting “Britain First”.
Since being locked up with terrorists and murderers at Frankland prison in County Durham, Mair has become a “withdrawn, haunted figure”.
Mair, 53, has a single cell in the highsecurity jail and “barely speaks”.
He refuses to discuss his attack on mum-of-two Jo, 41, outside her constituency surgery in Birstall, West Yorks, on June 16 last year.
A source said: “Mair was a loner outside prison – and he is a loner inside.
“In some respects he is a model prisoner – always obeying commands and giving no trouble. He has no interest in other inmates or officers and categorically refuses to speak about his crime.
“Plenty have tried to talk to him about it but he just walks away.”
Mair is serving life alongside some of Britain’s most dangerous men including the Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe and Soham killer Ian Huntley.
He is one of 67 prisoners – including two women – who are serving a wholelife tariff and will die in prison.
The source added: “Mair does very little and barely comes out of his cell.
“He will respond if spoken to but will make little attempt to interact with staff or prisoners.
“And he never comments if asked why he did it. He just walks away.”
Mair is caged in a wing away from Frankland’s so-called “Jihadi Jail”.
Nearly a dozen terrorists are being held there in a “separation centre” to stop them brainwashing other inmates.
Our source warned: “It would be carnage if Mair was let near them.
“He has been housed to ensure there is little chance of him coming into contact with Islamist prisoners.”
Frankland prison in the village of Brasside has room for 808 men.
The Ministry of Justice told us that they do not comment on individual prisoners.