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| Lee Rigby murder: Michael Adebolajo applies to appeal against conviction | Lee Rigby murder: Michael Adebolajo applies to appeal against conviction |
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| One of the two men found guilty of the murder of the soldier Lee Rigby has lodged an application to appeal against his conviction, the Judicial Office has confirmed. | |
| The move by Michael Adebolajo, 29, follows his conviction with co-defendant Michael Adebowale, 22, at the Old Bailey last month. | The move by Michael Adebolajo, 29, follows his conviction with co-defendant Michael Adebowale, 22, at the Old Bailey last month. |
| The two British Muslim converts ran down Rigby in a car before hacking him to death with a meat cleaver and knives in a frenzied attack. They dumped his body in the middle of the road near Woolwich barracks in south-east London on 22 May last year. | |
| The verdicts, which took the jury just 90 minutes to reach, provoked widespread condemnation of the attack from high-profile figures, including the prime minister and the home secretary, Theresa May. | The verdicts, which took the jury just 90 minutes to reach, provoked widespread condemnation of the attack from high-profile figures, including the prime minister and the home secretary, Theresa May. |
| Adebolajo, a married father of six, and Adebowale lay in wait near Woolwich barracks and picked 25-year-old Fusilier Rigby to kill, assuming he was a soldier because he was wearing a Help for Heroes hooded top and carrying a camouflage rucksack. | Adebolajo, a married father of six, and Adebowale lay in wait near Woolwich barracks and picked 25-year-old Fusilier Rigby to kill, assuming he was a soldier because he was wearing a Help for Heroes hooded top and carrying a camouflage rucksack. |
| After driving into the young father in their Vauxhall Tigra, the killers – who had armed themselves with eight knives, including a meat cleaver and a five-piece set bought by Adebolajo the previous day – butchered him in the street in front of horrified onlookers. | After driving into the young father in their Vauxhall Tigra, the killers – who had armed themselves with eight knives, including a meat cleaver and a five-piece set bought by Adebolajo the previous day – butchered him in the street in front of horrified onlookers. |
| The jury of eight women and four men sat through weeks of evidence including shocking footage of Adebolajo with bloodied hands confessing to the killing and claiming his actions were "an eye for an eye". | The jury of eight women and four men sat through weeks of evidence including shocking footage of Adebolajo with bloodied hands confessing to the killing and claiming his actions were "an eye for an eye". |
| Both men were shot by police in dramatic scenes captured on CCTV. | Both men were shot by police in dramatic scenes captured on CCTV. |
| Adebolajo was seen dropping the meat cleaver as he sprinted across the road towards a police car, collapsing to the ground when he was shot. | Adebolajo was seen dropping the meat cleaver as he sprinted across the road towards a police car, collapsing to the ground when he was shot. |
| Adebowale, who moved along a wall to draw fire from the officers, was seen folding over as he was shot by one of three armed officers. | Adebowale, who moved along a wall to draw fire from the officers, was seen folding over as he was shot by one of three armed officers. |
| Both men asked to be called by their adopted Islamic names in court – Adebolajo as Mujahid Abu Hamza, and Adebowale as Ismail Ibn Abdullah – and claimed they carried out the murder because they were "soldiers of Allah". | Both men asked to be called by their adopted Islamic names in court – Adebolajo as Mujahid Abu Hamza, and Adebowale as Ismail Ibn Abdullah – and claimed they carried out the murder because they were "soldiers of Allah". |
| The jury was told this was no defence in law to the charge. | The jury was told this was no defence in law to the charge. |
| The men were cleared of the attempted murder of a police officer, and had previously admitted possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence. | The men were cleared of the attempted murder of a police officer, and had previously admitted possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence. |
| A date for the appeal judgment has not been announced following a recent hearing before a panel of five leading judges, headed by the lord chief justice, Lord Thomas. | A date for the appeal judgment has not been announced following a recent hearing before a panel of five leading judges, headed by the lord chief justice, Lord Thomas. |