DETECTIVES were in the process of boosting security for MP Jo Cox in the months leading up to her being murdered in her constituency, it was reported last night.
The mother-of-two gunned down in broad daylight had already reported receiving a series of persistent harassing messages to police.
close to Mrs Cox’s office told The Times police were in the process of boosting security at her London houseboat after they were forced to caution a man over sending harassing messages.
They said that Mrs Cox had “thought little of them” until the “volume and frequency stepped up.”
A man was cautioned over sending the messages.
A source close to her office said that the police were “very quick to act in London and in Yorkshire” once the messages had been reported about three months ago.
Mrs Cox originally “thought little of them” until the “volume and frequency stepped up”.
police were in the process of getting extra security for her houseboat where she lived but it was delayed in getting started for the usual bureaucratic reasons.
“They were also in touch with local police about doing the same and step up the security at her constituency office.
“Whether they thought a threat was imminent I don’t know but they definitely took it seriously and wanted to address the problem as soon as possible.”
Tommy Mair, a mentally ill loner, is in police custody after tragic MP Jo Cox was shot in the head three times and stabbed repeatedly with a foot-long knife.
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.
shot her three times 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.
As the mum of two lay dying, he stabbed her at least seven times.