Lee Rigby's mum told son 'to rest in peace' after sentencing
The mother of murdered soldier Lee Rigby said she told her son it was "time for you to rest in peace" as she watched two men being sentenced over his killing yesterday
Judge to killers: 'You both gloried in what you did'
Sentencing the killers, Mr Justice Sweeney said Lee Rigby "had done absolutely nothing to deserve what you went on to do to him."
Mr Justice Sweeney added: "It is no exaggeration to say that what the two of you did resulted in a bloodbath."
Adebolajo tried to behead the soldier while Adebowale stabbed him in the chest.
"You both gloried in what you had done," the judge told the court, and said it had a "severe and lasting impact" on his loved ones.
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