Two men, Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, were found guilty Thursday of the murder of British soldier Lee Rigby near a military barracks in southeast London in May. Their slaying of Rigby, whom they mowed down and hacked to death in the full view of horrified onlookers in the capital's Woolwich neighborhood, shocked the nation. Cellphone footage replayed in court at the trial showed Adebolajo, still clutching a meat cleaver in his bloody hands, ranting that the killing was "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" for British soldiers killing Muslims overseas. The two were found not guilty of attempted murder of a police officer, in a verdict that took about 90 minutes to come at the Old Bailey court in London.
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Relatives say Lee Rigby has been taken away from them, but his memory lives on
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The jury finds Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale guilty of Lee Rigby's murder
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Both are found not guilty of the attempted murder of a police officer
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Michael Adebolajo kisses his Quran as he is led out of court after the verdict
@placeholder's family and widow, who were in court to hear much of the harrowing evidence, cried after the verdicts were read.