Lee Rigby killer Michael Adebowale in hospital with Covid-19
One of Fusilier Lee Rigby's killers is seriously ill in hospital with Covid-19, the BBC has learned.
Michael Adebowale is serving a 45-year jail sentence for murdering Fusilier Rigby in Woolwich, south-east London, in May 2013. Adebowale was removed from Broadmoor last week following a deterioration in his condition after he contracted Covid-19. The 29-year-old is not in intensive care or on a ventilator. The Sun reported Adebowale tested positive for coronavirus a fortnight ago. Adebowale, who now uses the name Ismaail Kuti, and his fellow killer Michael Adebolajo, 36, drove into Fusilier Rigby with a car before hacking him to death near Woolwich Barracks in 2013. Fusilier Rigby died as a result of multiple cut and stab wounds following the attack fuelled by Adebowale and Adebolajo's extremist beliefs. The killing was described as a "betrayal of Islam" at their murder trial in 2014. Adebolajo had claimed he was a "soldier of Allah" and the killing was an act of war. In a police interview Adebolajo said he and Adebowale decided to lie in wait near the barracks and targeted Fusilier Rigby because he was wearing a Help for Heroes hooded top and carrying a camouflage rucksack. Adebolajo then gave a witness a handwritten letter containing a speech about fighting "Allah's enemies" and bringing "carnage" to London's streets. The murder was widely condemned by the then Prime Minister David Cameron and the Met's Assistant Commissioner Cressida Dick. For more London news follow on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram and subscribe to our YouTube channel. Related Internet Links HM Courts & Tribunals Service