Brendan Cox

Brendan Cox (born November 1978 ) is the widower of Jo Cox and father of Cuillin Cox and Lejla Cox. Brendan is a former Special Adviser to Prime Minister Gordon Brown as well as being an international campaigner and activist.

Biography
Brendan Cox was born in November 1978. In 2009, he and Jo Leadbeater were married. They have two children, Cuillin and Lejla.

Murder of Jo
Cox's wife, Jo, was murdered by far-right extremist Thomas Mair in Birstall, West Yorkshire, on 16th June 2016. Cox was present at Mair's trial at the Old Bailey in November 2016, when Mair was sent to prison for life.

Allegation of sexual assault
In February 2018, Cox was alleged to have sexually assaulted a woman in her 30s at Harvard University in 2015, and he quit two charities set up in memory of Jo as a result of said allegations.

Charitable work
Since his wife was murdered, Brendan has set up several charitable organisations in her memory, most notably the The Jo Cox Foundation.

Gallery

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