By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) – Police said on Saturday they have charged a 52-year-old man with the murder of British lawmaker Jo Cox following an attack that has brought campaigning for next week's referendum on European Union membership to a standstill. Thomas Mair is charged with killing Cox, 41, a member of the leftist opposition Labour Party and supporter of Britain staying in the EU, who was shot and stabbed to death in the street in her own electoral district in northern England on Thursday. Mair, who lives in the town of Birstall, in Yorkshire, where Cox was slain, will appear at London's Westminster Magistrates on Saturday charged with murder, causing grievous bodily harm and offences related to possession of a firearm.

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