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divdiv class=story-body readability=35 span class=story-date#13; span class=date29 November 2013/span#13;span class=time-textLast updated at /spanspan class=time06:50 ET/span#13; #13;/span#13;#13; #13;#13;#13; #13; #13; #13; p class=introductionThe killing of soldier Lee Rigby in Woolwich, south-east London, was a cowardly and callous murder, the Old Bailey has heard./p#13; pIt was told that Michael Adebolajo, 28, and Michael Adebowale, 22, drove at Fusilier Rigby before attempting to decapitate him on the street close to his barracks on 22 May./p#13; pBoth are also accused of attempting to murder a police officer and conspiracy to murder a police officer./p#13; pThey both deny all charges./p#13; pThe two defendants are in a glass-lined dock in the Old Bailey courtroom with paper on one side./p#13; span class=cross-head'Barbarous acts'/span#13; pMembers of Fusilier Rigby's family are in attendance./p#13; pProsecutor Richard Whittam QC told jurors that the two suspects drove a Vauxhall Tigra straight at Fusilier Rigby at around 30-40mph./p#13; pHe said: Both men then dragged his body into the middle of the road. They wanted members of the public to see the consequence of what can only be described as their barbarous acts./p#13; pThey had committed, you may think, a cowardly and callous murder by deliberately attacking an unarmed man in plain clothes from behind, using a vehicle as a weapon, and then they murdered him and mutilated his body with that meat cleaver and knives./p#13; pMr Adebolajo tried to decapitate the soldier with a meat cleaver with multiple blows to his neck, while Mr Adebowale stabbed and cut him, the jury heard./p#13; !-- Embedding the video player --#13;!-- This is the embedded player component --#13;#13;#13; #13; #13;#13;#13;#13;!-- wwrights check --#13;!-- Empty country is used on test environment --#13;#13;#13;#13;div class=videoInStoryB readability=1#13; div id=emp-25155087-14240 class=emp#13; #13; #13; noscript#13; div class=warning readability=1#13; img class=holding src=http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/71427000/jpg/_71427221_71427220.jpg alt=Police vans arrive at court/pstrongPlease turn on JavaScript./strong Media requires JavaScript to play./p#13; /div#13; /noscript#13; #13; !-- embedding script --#13; #13; /div#13; !-- companion banner -- #13; #13; #13; #13; !-- END - companion banner --!-- caption --p class=captionTight security surrounded the defendants' arrival at the Old Bailey/p#13; !-- END - caption --#13; #13; #13;#13;/div#13;!-- end of the embedded player component --#13;#13;!-- Player embedded -- pMr Whittam said it appeared that Mr Adebolajo made a serious and almost successful attempt to decapitate Fusilier Rigby./p#13; pAt the same time, he said, Mr Adebowale was using a knife to stab and cut at the soldier's body./p#13; pMr Adebolajo, from Romford, east London, has asked to be known as Mujaahid Abu Hamza in court, and Mr Adebowale, from Greenwich, south-east London, wants to be known as Ismail Ibn Abdullah./p#13; /div/divbrbrcentera href=http://www.wizardrss.comPowered By WizardRSS.com/a | a href=http://www.wizardrss.comFull Text RSS Feed/a | a href=http://www.amazon.com/RFID-Blocking-Cards-Identity-Protector/dp/B00CJHZLEWRFID/a | a href=http://www.wpzonbuilder.comAmazon Affiliate/a/center