original guvnor said:I was thinking the same thing Carol but then decided that banging them up for life and humiliating them every day would be more of a punishment.
Converted Steve said:Carol you talk about the cost and to some extent I agree, but tell you what I don’t get is the trial, both defendants have pleaded not guilty so there has to be a trial which will cost hundreds of thousands.
How the f***ing hell can they plead not guilty to a crime when CCTV footage that has been shown around the world clearly shows them committing the crime and video footage taken by a member of the public clearly shows and records them giving an explanation as to why they killed this totally innocent Fusilier. And god knows how many people actually saw them do it.
There should be no trial it is clearly not needed they should not get the option to plead not guilty.
I understand the fundamental principles of our laws ‘innocent until proven guilty’ but I really don’t get it in this instance, the evidence is irrefutable, beyond any doubt what-so-ever.
I don’t get why Lee Rigby’s poor family are being put through all the heart ache of a full trial, haven’t they already suffered enough.
markeg said:From the news reports: Adebolajo and Adebowale both deny murdering Fusilier Rigby, attempting to murder a police officer and conspiracy to murder a police officer on or before May 22.
It'll be the usual nonsense - deny murder through claiming diminished responsibility or mitigating circumstances.

Grumpyowl said:Also over the next 25 years or so this will cost £millions in appeals etc.
Their lawyers must be rubbing their hands :thumbsdown:
Converted Steve said:Grumpyowl said:Also over the next 25 years or so this will cost £millions in appeals etc.
Their lawyers must be rubbing their hands :thumbsdown:
What I really can’t get my head around is how any Defence Lawyer with any decency, respect and normal moral values could possible even attempt to defend these scum, how can he sleep at night will this on his conscience.
I get it that in some murder trials that there could be mitigating circumstances or the evidence isn’t clear or there could be reasonable doubt so the defendant is entitled to a Defence Lawyer to look after his/her interests in a complex legal system.
But non of this applies, we have all including the Defence Lawyer, the Judge and probably the Jury seen irrefutable video evidence with the words coming out of the defendants own mouth telling us why he did it. It’s clear cut; there is no doubt at all.
Stuart Truman said:Don't know if one of the resident lawyers is on, but I thought if they believed their client was guilty they couldn't defend them? How do they possibly, and in all conscience, defend them given all the very public footage and what looked like a confession from one of them recorded on that witnesses camera-phone.
GP06Roadster said:Agree with all the above, and f**k "I wanna be known as" ....you are known as what your birth cert and British passports say you f***ing scumbags, there is no hole dark enough for these cowardly w*****s. Hopefully they will hang themselves inside and save the tax payers some £.