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| Lee Rigby trial: 'No Adebowale evidence' | |
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| The jury at the Lee Rigby murder trial has been told Michael Adebowale will not give or call any evidence in his defence. | The jury at the Lee Rigby murder trial has been told Michael Adebowale will not give or call any evidence in his defence. |
| The judge said it should not draw adverse inferences about his decision not to appear in the witness box. | |
| The prosecution says the 22-year-old and Michael Adebolajo, 28 - who both deny murder - killed Fusilier Rigby in Woolwich, south-east London, on 22 May. | |
| The Old Bailey trial resumes next week with closing speeches. | |
| Abbas Lakha QC, for Mr Adebowale, told the court that he was calling no evidence for his client. | |
| Mr Justice Sweeney told the jurors: "The second defendant has chosen neither to give nor to call any evidence. | |
| "May I direct you straight away that you are not to draw any inference adverse to him from the fact that he has chosen not to give evidence. As I told you at the outset, the law is for me and I give directions about it that you must follow." | |
| The judge said that the trial was moving into its final phases with closing speeches, but he had to deal with further legal matters before the jurors would hear them. | |
| The two men are both also accused of attempting to murder a police officer and conspiracy to murder a police officer. | |
| The men rammed Fusilier Rigby with a car outside the barracks before attacking him with knives. |