Following the verdict, Cox's husband Brendan called the murder "a political act and an act of terrorism ." "We have no interest in the perpetrator, we only feel pity for him," he added.
"Mums nav nekādas intereses par noziedznieku, mēs pret viņu jūtam tikai žēlumu," viņš sacīja, piebilstot, ka "Džo interesēja ikviens nevis egoisma, bet viņas vēlmes palīdzēt dēļ".