A man who vandalised a memorial for murdered soldier Lee Rigby in Woolwich has been pictured for the first time following his sentencing. Said Aitabbou, 58, from Charlton, was jailed for four months last Thursday (September 12) at Bexley Magistrates’ Court for criminal damage.
On July 28, Aitabbou was seen ripping up flowers, smashing plant pots, and throwing poppy wreaths laid at the memorial, which is situated just metres from where the 25-year-old soldier was brutally murdered in 2013. The memorial is a tribute to Fusilier Lee Rigby, who was killed by extremists in an unprovoked attack outside the Woolwich Barracks.
Lee Rigby, who served in Afghanistan, was killed in May 2013 when Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale mowed him down in a car before attacking him with knives and a meat cleaver. Adebolajo received a whole-life term, and Adebowale was sentenced to a minimum of 45 years.
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