MURDERED Jo Cox was subject to a three month hate mail campaign before her tragic killing near her constituency surgery yesterday, it has emerged.
TRAGIC: Jo Cox was shot and killed in West Yorkshire yesterday
Police were prepping to beef up security for Jo and her family after they were made aware of the harassment messages.
The increased measures would have been put in place at the surgery and her London boathouse, where she lived with her husband and two young children.
But a source close to her office said Mrs Cox "thought little of them" at the time.
SECURITY: Police were preparing to introduce extra measures to protect Jo Cox
A man – who the Metropolitan Police Service said was not the man arrested for her murder – was arrested and later cautioned over sending the messages.
A spokesperson said: "Officers received an allegation of malicious communications from Jo Cox MP, and in March 2016 arrested a man in connection with the investigation.
"The man subsequently accepted a police caution. The man who accepted the police caution is not the man in custody in West Yorkshire.
A source from Jo Cox's office added that the police were "very quick to act in London and in Yorkshire" once the messages had been reported about three months ago.
The 41-year-old mother of two was attacked by a man at around 1pm near her constituency surgery in Birstall Library, West Yorkshire.
A man named locally as Tommy Mair, 52, is alleged to have stabbed and then shot the politician three times.
Two eye-witnesses heard Jo's assailant screaming "Britain First" as he attacked with a knife.
The Far Right group have since distanced themselves from the killing.
HEARTFELT: Tributes have beeb flying in for Jo Cox
A 77-year-old man was caught up in the scuffle and suffered injuries to his stomach but doctors confirmed he will make a full recovery.
Jo was airlifted to Leeds Infirmary but pronounced dead at 1.48pm.
The tragedy has prompted an emotional outpour from world leaders and the general public.
Her husband yesterday tweeted a photograph of her and urged people to "fight against the hatred that killed her".
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