{UAH} MURDER OF BRITISH SOLDIER BY MUSLIM FANATICS

Here are brief details of the trial of two muslim fanatics who mudered
a young British soldier on 28 May last year. Their murder trial
started yesterday at the Old Bailey. Some of the video recordings were
played out in court. Many people were so upset, they just could not
watch it. All the circumstances of the murder were captured on camera
because it took place on a street running through a military
barracks. The videos clearly show the fanatics swerving from the road
at fast speed and knocking down the soldier, getting out of their car,
dragging the soldier's body to the middle of the road and then
decapitating him with a meat cleaver and butcher's knife- all these in
broad day light and with pedestrians watching. The pair even had the
audacity to broadcast a chilling message to the rest of the world- all
these on camera.

I am touched by this brutal murder because it took place just 5 minute
walk away from where I used to live. My first son was born in this
area of Woolwich and it is under those trees where wreaths are laid
where my son used to play as a child, where he learnt to ride a bike
and to play football.

It is too difficult to understand the minds of fanatics- even those
who are keen to appease the religion of islam must be truly appalled
by this act of senseless and mind-boggling brutality. I am not going
to appease Islam- in fact I blame islam and accuse it for being
responsible for grotesque monstrosities such as this. Islam has no
excuse because these fanatics were groomed in mosques, one of which is
even very near the scene of murder, less than 30 minutes walk away on
Plumstead High Street.

George Okello



FILE - This Tuesday, May 28, 2013 file photo shows floral tributes at
the scene where 25-year-old soldier of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
Lee Rigby was attacked and killed, near Woolwich Barracks in London. A
prosecutor outlined the chilling tactics used to nearly decapitate an
unarmed British soldier on a London street, as two men went on trial
Friday Nov. 29, 2013 in connection with the suspected extremist
attack. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
LONDON - Prosecutors showed jurors graphic videotape of the events
surrounding the near decapitation of a British soldier on a London
street, as the trial of two men opened Friday in the suspected Islamic
extremist attack.

Michael Adebolajo, 28, and Michael Adebowale, 22, drove their car
directly at Lee Rigby of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, lifting his
body onto the hood and slamming it to the windshield, prosecutor
Richard Whittam said.

A panel of 12 jurors was then shown security camera videos and images
of the defendants dragging Rigby's body from the sidewalk to the
middle of the road. The pair did that so that everyone could see the
impact of their "barbarous acts," Whittam said.

"They both attacked the motionless body of Lee Rigby," he said. "He
was repeatedly stabbed and it appears it was Michael Adebolajo, the
first defendant, who made a serious and almost successful attempt to
decapitate Lee Rigby with multiple blows to his neck made with the
meat cleaver."

Gasps were first heard —and then silence — at London Central Criminal
Court as the images played.

One video showed Adebolajo agitatedly talking to the camera and saying
that his actions were revenge for British troops killing people
abroad. The video, recorded by a passer-by on a mobile phone, showed
the suspect's bloodied hands holding a cleaver and a knife.

"An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth," he said repeatedly on
the video. "The only reason we've killed this man today is because
Muslims are dying daily by British soldiers."

Videos also showed the two suspects rushing at a police car that
arrived on the scene, before a dramatic shootout that ended with
police subduing the two men.

The two suspects, who are both British citizens, have pleaded not
guilty to murder charges, though jurors were told that both men have
admitted possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of
violence. The defence will present its case later in the trial.

The two are also suspected of attempting to murder a police officer on
the same day, and conspiracy to murder a police officer on or before
May 22 — the day Rigby was attacked.

Both men sat quietly in the dock, intently watching the videos being
presented as evidence and sometimes looking down. Adebolajo clutched a
copy of the Qur'an as Whittam began.

The court was also shown videos recording the final movements of
Rigby, 25, as he walked on the street wearing a sweatshirt for Help
for Heroes, a charity devoted to injured servicemen and women.

Describing the aftermath of the attack, Whittam contrasted the scene
marked by "heinous behaviour" to the "bravery and decency" of members
of the public who came upon it.

"One woman went to the lifeless body of Lee Rigby and stroked him to
provide some comfort and humanity to what had unfolded. Others went to
see if they could provide first aid," Whittam said. "Another woman
engaged Michael Adebolajo in conversation despite the fact that he was
still holding the meat cleaver and his hands were covered in blood."

The attack raised questions about whether Britain's intelligence
services could have done more to prevent Rigby's killing, as both
suspects had been known to them for some time from earlier inquiries.

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