A far-right paedophile who plotted to murder a Labour MP gave a Nazi salute in court as he was jailed for life in prison at the Old Bailey.

Jack Renshaw, 23, planned to kill Rosie Cooper - member of Parliament for West Lancashire - and also threatened to kill a police officer.

He was sentenced to life on Friday and told he would have to serve a minimum of 20-years before he was considered for parole.

As he was being taken down to the cells, a man in the public gallery shouted "we are with you Jack", and he responded by giving a Nazi salute.

Renshaw, who was a member of the far-right group, National Action, before it was outlawed, admitted hatching a plan to Ms Cooper after he was arrested on suspicion of child sex offences last year.

But the 23-year from Skelmersdale in Lancashire, told other members of the extremist group that he had been set up by the police and left wing campaigners who wanted to discredit him.

He then sought the group's permission to take revenge by murdering the MP and also the female police officer who had arrested him.