Mother of British soldier hacked to death collapses during killers' sentencing
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}This undated image released May 23, 2013, by the British Ministry of Defense, shows Drummer Lee Rigby, known as Riggers to his friends, who is identified by the MOD as the serving member of the armed forces who was attacked and killed by two men in the Woolwich area of London on Wednesday. (AP/MINISTRY OF DEFENCE)
The mother of a British soldier hacked to death by Muslim extremists in 2013 collapsed and needed medical treatment after a sentencing hearing Wednesday.
According to Sky News, Lyn Rigby said her legs went out from underneath her and "she couldn't breathe properly" as Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale were being sentenced for the murder of her son, Lee, in a London courtroom.
Adebolajo and Adebowale -- self-proclaimed "soldiers of Allah" -- reportedly became angry and started screaming after a judge said they betrayed Islam when they hacked Rigby to death last year. The brutal murder, which drew international attention, was captured in TV footage.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"There was so much banging and chaos," Lyn Rigby said of the court proceeding. "I felt so ill I thought I was going to die. I screamed out and the police rushed to protect me and my family."
The two men were taken to their cells, where they continued screaming. The judge sentenced them in their absence.
Adebolajo, 29, was given a life sentence, and Adebowale, 22, was jailed for at least 45 years.
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