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Lee Rigby murder trial begins after jury chosen Lee Rigby trial: Killing 'cowardly and callous', court hears
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The trial is beginning of two men accused of murdering soldier Lee Rigby in Woolwich, south-east London. The killing of soldier Lee Rigby in Woolwich, south-east London, was a "cowardly and callous murder", the Old Bailey has heard.
Michael Adebolajo, 28, and Michael Adebowale, 22, are accused of murdering Fusilier Rigby as he walked outside Woolwich barracks on 22 May. It was told that Michael Adebolajo, 28, and Michael Adebowale, 22, drove at Fusilier Rigby before attempting to decapitate him on the street close to his barracks on 22 May.
They also face charges of attempted murder of a police officer and conspiracy to murder a police officer. They both deny all charges. Both are also accused of attempting to murder a police officer and conspiracy to murder a police officer.
Mr Justice Sweeney told the jury not to be influenced by media reports. They both deny all charges.
Mr Adebolajo, from Romford, east London, has asked to be known as Mujaahid Abu Hamza in court, and Mr Adebowale, from Greenwich, south-east London, wants to be known as Ismail Ibn Abdullah.Mr Adebolajo, from Romford, east London, has asked to be known as Mujaahid Abu Hamza in court, and Mr Adebowale, from Greenwich, south-east London, wants to be known as Ismail Ibn Abdullah.
The two defendants are in a glass-lined dock in the Old Bailey courtroom with paper on one side.
'Barbarous acts'
Members of Fusilier Rigby's family are in attendance.
Prosecutor Richard Whittam QC told jurors that the two suspects drove a Vauxhall Tigra "straight at" Fusilier Rigby at around 30-40mph.
He said: "Both men then dragged his body into the middle of the road. They wanted members of the public to see the consequence of what can only be described as their barbarous acts.
"They had committed, you may think, a cowardly and callous murder by deliberately attacking an unarmed man in plain clothes from behind, using a vehicle as a weapon, and then they murdered him and mutilated his body with that meat cleaver and knives."
Adebolajo tried to decapitate the soldier with a meat cleaver with "multiple blows to his neck", while Adebowale stabbed and cut him, the jury heard.