A US neo-Nazi who drove his car into a group of counter-protesters last year during a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, killing a woman and injuring dozens, was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday.

James Alex Fields Jr was found guilty of murder and other charges last week following a two-week jury trial which sentenced him to life in prison plus an additional 419 years.

Fields will be formally sentenced by on March 29 by Judge Richard Moor. The judge can reduce the sentence imposed by the jury but is not allowed to increase it.