The Lee Rigby murder trial jury signed in. The two men accused of the murder of army Drummer Lee Rigby, an Afghan veteran, in the
streets near Woolwich barracks last May with machetes, hacking him to
death in broad daylight in front of astonished passers-by are also accused of conspiracy to murder a police officer and attempted murder of a police officer.
Michael Adebolajo, 28, and Michael Adebowale, 22, are charged with
murdering the Fusilier as he walked back to Woolwich Barracks in
south-east London on May 22. The attack was especially savage and amplified by the fact one of the
killers allowed a member of the public to film him, hands bloodied, make
a declaration alleging anti-Muslim prejudice and calling for an end to
British military involvement in Afghanistan. The attack and video
shocked Britain and led to an upswing in anti-Muslim prejudice. The possibility of a news blackout seems to becoming a reality with almost no coverage in the mainstream UK media, Strange you might say with calls from British goverment for more transperancy. Maybe the authorities would say that a media blackout was needed as the trial might cause protests by far right movements in the UK as seems the case when a group of about a dozen men calling themselves "Veterans Against the Islamification of the UK", stood outside The Old Baily criminal court, London with black banners and images of the hangman's noose, demanding the
restoration of the death penalty for soldier Lee Rigby's alleged
killers.But should,nt the UK public have the right to know what is going on in this trial.as surely it is in the public interest to hear the truth rather than have trial by "social media" or does the conservative party government once again treat us with contempt that we are not intelligent enough to cope with what was a vicious and cowardly attack reported in the general media,? Are they possibly frightened that there will be a backlash against islamic communities? if so does that give them the right to pull all media reporting? i think not. whilst goverments spy on people in there own countries the blackout does nothing but give the impression that they have something to hide. Our rights have been infringed upon and some one should be brave enough to ask questions in parliament as to who and why there has been this black out. MR CAMERON you should be ashamed of yourself.
