Alkaz
19-12-2013, 01:03 PM
Two men have been found guilty of murdering soldier Lee Rigby outside Woolwich barracks in south-east London in May.Michael Adebolajo, 29, and Michael Adebowale, 22, struck Fusilier Rigby with a car before hacking him to death.
Adebolajo had claimed he was a "soldier of Allah" and the killing was an act of war.
The men were found not guilty of attempting to murder a police officer at the scene.
The jury of eight women and four men took approximately 90 minutes to reach its verdict.
Adebolajo and Adebowale drove a car into Fusilier Rigby at 30-40mph, before dragging him into the road and attacking him with knives and attempting to decapitate him with a meat cleaver.
The jury heard the men chose their victim because he was "the soldier that was spotted first".
In a police interview Adebolajo said he and Adebowale decided to lie in wait near the barracks for a serviceman.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25450555#TWEET989668
Adebolajo had claimed he was a "soldier of Allah" and the killing was an act of war.
The men were found not guilty of attempting to murder a police officer at the scene.
The jury of eight women and four men took approximately 90 minutes to reach its verdict.
Adebolajo and Adebowale drove a car into Fusilier Rigby at 30-40mph, before dragging him into the road and attacking him with knives and attempting to decapitate him with a meat cleaver.
The jury heard the men chose their victim because he was "the soldier that was spotted first".
In a police interview Adebolajo said he and Adebowale decided to lie in wait near the barracks for a serviceman.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25450555#TWEET989668