
The court found the two British Nigerian origin of Michael Adebodjo and Michael Adeboval guilty of a resonant case of the brutal murder of the British soldier Lee Rigby in London. The jury took their verdict in an hour and a half. Relatives of the deceased stated that they were satisfied with their decision, but noted that no justice would return their son, reports Sky News .
Adebodjo and adode, however, were justified on charges of attempting a policeman who arrived at the place of tragedy. “We are satisfied that justice has triumphed, but, unfortunately, no justice will return it back,” said Rigby family members.
“The violence and extremism of any kind should not be in our society, they cannot be justified,” said Teresa May's internal affairs Minister of the British.
Note that the tragedy, shocked by the British, occurred on May 22 in the southeast of London in the area of Wulvich. Then two people attacked with knives and a machete on a serviceman of the royal troops. In his free time, he left the territory of a nearby barracks in a T -shirt with the symbols of a charity organization and a call to help veterans.
According to the official conclusion of forensic experts, a 25-year-old soldier, drummer of the second battalion of the Royal Rifle Regiment Lee Rigby, "died as a result of numerous cut wounds."
Law enforcement officers arrived at the place when Rigby was already dead. The suspects attacked law enforcement officers, and they were forced to open fire . As a result, both criminals were injured, arrested and hospitalized.
As a result, court hearings in the case began at the end of November. Two natives of Nigeria who accepted Islam and became supporters of extremist ideology appeared before the court. The convicts conceived their crime as a revenge on the British military for participating in armed actions against Islamists in foreign countries.