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Michael Adebolajo 
with Michael Adebowale

Stephen Ayre
AKABabysitter Killer
DOB1993
OccupationKarate Instructor
Kill Total1
Kill PlaceWoolwich, London
Kill Date22 May 2013
M.O.Knife
VictimLee Rigby - 25
CourtThe Old Bailey
JudgeMr Justice Sweenwy
ProsceutionRichard Whittam QC
DefenceDavid Gottlieb
22nd May 2013,  British Army soldier, 25-yeaar-old Fusilier Lee Rigby of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, was off duty, he was walking along Wellington street near to the Woolwich barracks when Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, ran at him with a car, knocking him down. They then got out of the car and viciously attacked him with knives and a meat cleaver, they attempted to behead him.
They then dragged him into the middle of the road, staying with the dead soldier until police arrived. They told horrified passers-by that they had killed a British soldier as revenge for the killing of Muslims by British soldiers.
A passer-by recorded a video where one of the attackers had said:-
"The only reason we have killed this man today is because Muslims are dying daily by British soldiers. And this British soldier is one.... By Allah, we swear by the almighty Allah we will never stop fighting you until you leave us alone. So what if we want to live by the Sharia in Muslim lands? Why does that mean you must follow us and chase us and call us extremists and kill us?...when you drop a bomb do you think it hits one person? Or rather your bomb wipes out a whole family? ...Through many passages in the Koran we must fight them as they fight us...I apologise that women had to witness this today but in our lands women have to see the same. You people will never be safe. Remove your governments, they don’t care about you. You think David Cameron is gonna get caught in the street when we start busting our guns? Do you think politicians are going to die? No, it's going to be the average guy, like you and your children. So get rid of them. Tell them to bring our troops back...leave our lands and you will live in peace".
 
Police arrived and set up a cordon, when an armed response unit arrived the men charged at police, who fired shots at both men injuring them, they were then taken to hospital under police guard, later transfered into police custody.

29th November 2013, Trial begins at the Old Bailey.

19th December 2013, Both men were found guilty of the murder of Lee Rigby.

26th February 2013, Both men were sentenced to life imprisonment, with Adebolajo given a whole life tariff and Adebowale ordered to serve at least 45 years.

12th Juiy 2013, Rigby was given a full military funeral at Bury Parish Church. The service was attended by thousands of people, including present and former soldiers, Prime Minister at the time, David Cameron, and then-Mayor of London Boris Johnson. 

8th April 2014, Adebalajo launched an appal against his whole life term.

29th July 2014, The appeal was refused.

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