Michael Adebolajo, 28, and Michael
Adebowale, 22, are on trial for the brutal murder of Lee Rigby near his
barracks in the south London district of Woolwich in May 2013.
In recordings of the interviews
shown to the jury at the Old Bailey criminal court in London, Adebolajo blamed
his actions on “wicked” leaders such as Prime Minister David Cameron and his
predecessor Tony Blair.
Asked by detectives to describe the
killing, during which the two men allegedly hit Rigby with a car before
attacking him with knives, Adebolajo said the soldier’s head was “almost
detached and may Allah forgive me if I acted in a way that is displeasing to
him”.
In another interview, during which
he had a blue blanket over his head, Adebolajo said the killing was “for those
people who have not yet understood the nature, the nature of the war that’s
ongoing and has been ongoing for some many years between the Muslims and the
British people”.
He went on: “Your leaders, you have
leaders who rule over you, unfortunately they rule over you in a very wicked,
corrupt, selfish and oppressive manner.”
Adebolajo said he was “particularly
disgusted by David Cameron, the Miliband brothers and what’s-his-name, Nick
Clegg”, referring to opposition Labour leader Ed Miliband, his brother David,
and Liberal Democrat Deputy Prime Minister Clegg.
He also spoke of the “wickedness and
corruption” of Blair, who took Britain in to the US-led invasion of Iraq in
2003. Cameron, he said, was “trying to emulate the footsteps of Tony Blair as
if he worships him”.
But he added that it brought him
“little joy to approach anybody and slay them”.
Rigby’s widow Rebecca left the court
in tears as the interviews were played.
A psychiatrist’s report read to the
court earlier on Wednesday found that Adebolajo showed “no regret or remorse”.
Both Adebolajo, who wanted to be referred to
as Mujaahid Abu Hamza in court, and Adebowale deny murder.
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