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LEE RIGBY MURDERER FIGHTING FOR LIFE WITH COVID-19

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LEE RIGBY MURDERER FIGHTING FOR LIFE WITH COVID-19

One of Lee Rigby’s killers is reportedly fighting for his life in prison after catching coronavirus. Michael Adebowale is serving a 45-year jail sentence for murdering Fusilier Rigby in Woolwich, south-east London, in May 2013. Adebowale was removed from Broadmoor prison last month following a deterioration in his condition after he contracted Covid-19. The 29-year-old is not in intensive care or on a ventilator. It is understood that the Islamic terrorist had contracted Covid-19 around a fortnight ago, but is not yet in intensive care or on a ventilator. 

Adebowale and Michael Adebolajo ran over the 25-year-old soldier close to Woolwich Barracks in May 2013 before stabbing him to death in broad daylight. The father-of-one died as a result of multiple cut and stab wounds after the attack fuelled by Adebowale and Adebolajo’s extremist beliefs, described as a “betrayal of Islam” at their murder trial in 2014. 

Adebolajo had claimed he was a “soldier of Allah” and the killing was an act of war. In a police interview Adebolajo said he and Adebowale lied in wait near the barracks and targeted Fusilier Rigby because he was wearing a Help for Heroes hooded top and carrying a camouflage rucksack. Adebolajo then gave a witness a handwritten letter containing a speech about fighting “Allah’s enemies” and bringing “carnage” to the streets of London.

The murder was widely condemned by the then Prime Minister David Cameron and the Met’s Assistant Commissioner Cressida Dick. Meanwhile, the mother of soldier Lee Rigby said there will be no justice if his murderer Michael Adebowale escapes his prison sentence by dying of coronavirus. Lyn, 53, said the remorseless killer should have to stay behind bars to serve every single day of his sentence. She added: ‘We’ve maintained true justice for Lee is to see his killers remain behind bars and serve every day of their sentence.

Author: Andrew Collins

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