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TWO MUSLIM EXTREMISTS were today found guilty of hacking to death a British soldier in broad daylight on a London street.
Michael Adebolajo, 29, and Michael Adebowale, 22, ran over Lee Rigby with a car before attacking him with knives outside his barracks in May.
Adebolajo tried to behead Rigby with a meat cleaver in front of horrified passers-by.
The pair had argued they attacked the 25-year-old soldier to avenge the deaths of Muslims at the hands of British troops.
Prime Minister David Cameron said Britain was united in condemnation of the killing, which state prosecutors described as “one of the most savage offences ever prosecuted by our counter-terrorism lawyers”.
Rigby’s relatives, who had walked out of the trial several times during harrowing evidence about his death, broke down in tears as the guilty verdicts were given.
Adebolajo kissed his copy of the Qu’ran as he was taken down to the cells at the Old Bailey court in London.
Jurors cleared Adebolajo and Adebowale of the attempted murder of a police officer.
The pair were shot by armed police at the murder scene in Woolwich, southeast London, after Adebolajo charged at them waving the meat cleaver, while Adebowale raised a rusty, unloaded gun.
The killers, both Britons who were raised by Nigerian Christian families before converting to Islam, may not be sentenced until January.
Court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook of of Michael Adebowale and Michael Adebolajo as they were found guilty of the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby.
The court heard that they believed they were “soldiers of Allah” who were avenging the deaths of Muslims, but the judge ruled on Tuesday that this could not be used as a defence.
Minutes after the murder, Adebolajo, still wielding the cleaver and with his hands covered with blood, told onlookers the attack was “an eye for an eye”.
“We swear by the almighty Allah we will never stop fighting you until you leave us alone,” he said in a rant that was filmed on a witness’s mobile phone.
“I apologise that women had to witness this today, but in our lands our women have to see the same. You people will never be safe.”
Rigby’s family said justice had been done, but “no amount of justice will bring Lee back”.
His widow Rebecca, mother of their toddler son, sobbed as a family spokesman told reporters outside the court: “This has been the toughest time of our lives. No one should have to go through what we’ve been through as a family.”
Relatives of Rigby said Islam could not be held responsible for his murder.
“You can’t hold religion responsible for their views,” Rigby’s stepfather Ian said of Adebolajo and Adebowale in an emotional interview with ITV television.
“They’re using religion as an excuse for whatever they’ve been brainwashed with.”
He added that his stepson had become “a figurehead to unite the country and bring people back together”.
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A certain amount of years in jail just isn’t enough for people like this..
Dick*eads like them have no right to represent any one, they certainly don’t represent me.
May they rot in Hell.
I’ll pass on the message when I get there.
Thanks!
“Soldiers of Allah” Brainwashed idiots more like…
Im thinking they are just murderers who wanted to murder but decided to use religion as an excuse
@ Leslie – doubt they would have converted to Hinduism or Scientology to fulfil their vile ambitions though
I think this has to be one of the most vile things I have ever heard, I just cannot fathom how anyone could do this to another human being??? Sickening…..the poor Rigby family, how the hell could you ever get over something like this, I mean its off most normal peoples radar. RIP Lee.
Would like to see them sent to serve their time in a Nigerian jail.
Islam, Islam, you gotta love that Islam.
As always bringing peace and much needed love to the world.
As the family stated you can not blame a religion. The people are responsible for their own actions.
I think you can in this instance.
Margaret — You can, be you’d be inaccurate and a bigot.
Well as they love Islam so much allow them to go live in a sharia country! In fact let anyone looking for an extremist society whether political or religious be placed into a country that has all their desires met already.
Petr predictably appears as an apologist fro Islamism as per usual
Good old Petr..as always the champion of the “downtrodden” and ad hominem verbal nastiness when someone doesn’t agree with him…..
A brief spell in Rampton would do them good…..70/80 years perhaps. Solitary.
Neanderthals ,should have been given a mid evil punishment from the Victorian times
That’s quite literally impossible
Total savages .
Justice hasn’t been done. They should swing! That would be justice.
Swinging is too good for them, too quick and would make martyrs out of them. Lock ‘em up and throw away the key.
Converts to Islam seem to be very much more extreme in their views than those who were told by their parents they are Muslim.
There can be no doubt that there is a great deal of cruelty and intolerance associated with Islam . From ritualised killing of animals ( Halal ) to sharia law.
“ritualised killing of animals” why do we wait for the animals to die of old age ????
To slowly bleed to death kicking an screaming, whilst long drawn out prayers are chanted.
look it up on google. Australian cattle tortured to death in Gaza .
This just last week.
i know what hala is and involves and its at least as humane as the western way,only a few weeks ago we had someone who actually works in a slaughter house on a thread and he said the very same,so keep your silly hysteria to yourself,jesus if you seen it on google itmust be true !!! hahaha jesus as if they’d torture a cow for kicks and an austrailian one at that !!! (pointless info ) besides they cant even get cement into the country doubt they import much cattle form oz,you should write for the sun or something with your hyperbole “long drawn out prayers” yeah because the prayers determine how long it takes for a cow to bleed out !!!!
well ain’t that just Islam for you a religion of peace my a$s!
Religious extremism, a real danger to civilised society.
Hope the low life vermin get what they deserve in prison
This is the only way to treat terrorists. Like they are common criminals. Anything else (internment, war…) just gives them power
How long before something similiar happens here?for instance does anyone have any idea how many somalis are in ireland?somalia being a hotbed of violence and terrorism,witness the shopping mall massacre in kenya!are the irish authorities placing us at risk by making it so easy for these people to come here.where do they get the money to relocate here?are they involved in crime or terrorism in their own country,are any background checks done?
SF/IRA spent years doing the exact same, brutally killing people through religious hatred. Sick sick individuals
Not a lover of the British military,never have been,never will be. However what these two brainwashed fools did to another human being and how he died in public is not just shocking its sickening. I hope they rot in jail and never see the light of day again,lot to be said for the death penalty in capital murders.
Islam is an infection, not a religion. It won’t be cured by hate though.
Ya don’t say!
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