Michael Adebolajo & Michael Adebowale have been found guilty of the murder of soldier Lee Rigby in just 90 minutes today.
Fusilier Rigby, 25, was 'mutilated, almost decapitated and murdered' by Michael Adebowale, 22, and Michael Adebolajo, 28, who ambushed him outside his military barracks in Woolwich, South East London on May 22.
During their trial Lee Rigby's bereft family have been forced to watch footage and hear gruesome accounts of the soldier being run down at 40mph and hacked to death. Read more after the cut.
The jury, who will be offered counselling, left the courtroom at 11.10am and returned at 12.40pm to find them guilty of the Fusilier’s murder but not guilty of the attempted murder of police.
Adebolajo claimed they are not murderers because they are 'soldiers of Allah' at 'war' with Britain over its foreign policy.
He kissed the Qu'ran and smiled as he was found guilty. Adebowale showed no emotion. They will both be sentenced next month.
Fusilier Rigby's family broke down in tears as the verdicts were given and Aimee West, his fiancée, stood alongside his estranged wife Rebecca Rigby and sobbed outside the Old Bailey as a tribute to him was read.
Through Detective Inspector Pete Sparks, his loved ones said: 'No one should have to go through what we have been through as a family.
'We are satisfied that justice has been done, but unfortunately no amount of justice will bring Lee back.
Justice.
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