Jo Cox MP was ‘executed with expanding bullets’ which are normally used to kill animals, court hears

A plastic bag in a holdall found next to alleged gunman Thomas Mair, 53, held 25 live .22 calibre rounds. Twelve were lead hollow-point cartridges which are normally used by hunters to kill animals.
Firearms expert Andre Horne told Old Bailey jurors they are designed to kill with one shot.
He said: “The idea is
to cause a greater wound size, which would be considered a more humane way of disposing of animals.”

 Thomas Mair is accused of the terror-related murder of Labour MP Jo Cox 

Jurors were also shown a .22 calibre Weihrauch rifle found in Mair’s holdall, which had been modified to be fired one-handed.
Mair allegedly ambushed anti-Brexit Labour MP Jo, 41, in ­Birstall, West Yorks, a week before June’s EU Referendum.
She was shot three times and stabbed 15 times with a  dagger.
One bullet hole showed she placed her left hand over her face as the gun was fired.
Mrs Cox’s tights had holes in the knees suggesting she had tried to crawl away from her attacker, jurors were told.
Mair, of Birstall, denies murder, GBH and weapons charges. The trial continues.