Two plead not guilty to murder in British soldier Lee Rigby’s death | CNN

Two men plead not guilty to murder in British soldier Lee Rigby’s killing

Claudia Rebaza, CNN
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Updated 9:43 AM EDT, Fri September 27, 2013
Lee Rigby was identified as the victim killed in a cleaver attack on May 22. He was a member of the 2nd Battalion Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. The brutal killing of Rigby shocked the United Kingdom, with Prime Minister David Cameron saying the act appears to have been a terrorist attack.
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Lee Rigby was identified as the victim killed in a cleaver attack on May 22. He was a member of the 2nd Battalion Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. The brutal killing of Rigby shocked the United Kingdom, with Prime Minister David Cameron saying the act appears to have been a terrorist attack.
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Following his funeral, Royal Fusiliers carry Rigby's coffin out of the Bury Parish Church, on Friday, July 12.
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Following his funeral, Royal Fusiliers carry Rigby's coffin out of the Bury Parish Church, on Friday, July 12.
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People line the streets to watch the funeral procession as it drives away from the church on July 12, in Bury, England.
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People line the streets to watch the funeral procession as it drives away from the church on July 12, in Bury, England.
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From left, Lyn Rigby, mother of the slain soldier, stepfather Ian Rigby and Lee's wife Rebecca Rigby grieve as Ian reads a family statement on Friday, May 24, in Bury, England.
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From left, Lyn Rigby, mother of the slain soldier, stepfather Ian Rigby and Lee's wife Rebecca Rigby grieve as Ian reads a family statement on Friday, May 24, in Bury, England.
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Flowers lay close to the scene where Rigby was killed on May 24, in London.
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Flowers lay close to the scene where Rigby was killed on May 24, in London.
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A man places flowers near the scene on May 24.
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A man places flowers near the scene on May 24.
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A police officer stands with flowers in a storm on Thursday, May 23, close to the crime scene in front of Woolwich Barracks in southeast London.
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A police officer stands with flowers in a storm on Thursday, May 23, close to the crime scene in front of Woolwich Barracks in southeast London.
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A man contemplates the makeshift memorial outside Woolwich Barracks in London.
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A man contemplates the makeshift memorial outside Woolwich Barracks in London.
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Flowers lie outside Woolwich Barracks on May 23.
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Flowers lie outside Woolwich Barracks on May 23.
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Soldiers walk outside Woolwich Barracks on Thursday, May 23, near where the soldier was killed.
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Soldiers walk outside Woolwich Barracks on Thursday, May 23, near where the soldier was killed.
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Notes and shirts sit outside Woolwich Barracks on May 23. The slain soldier was wearing a "Help for Heroes" shirt when he was killed.
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Notes and shirts sit outside Woolwich Barracks on May 23. The slain soldier was wearing a "Help for Heroes" shirt when he was killed.
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British soldiers stand guard outside the barracks on May 23.
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British soldiers stand guard outside the barracks on May 23.
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Britain's prime Minister David Cameron addresses media representatives at 10 Downing Street in London on May 23, a day after a soldier who was hacked to death in a London street by two suspected Islamist extremists.
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Britain's prime Minister David Cameron addresses media representatives at 10 Downing Street in London on May 23, a day after a soldier who was hacked to death in a London street by two suspected Islamist extremists.
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Members of the far-right English Defence League wear balaclavas as they gather outside a pub in Woolwich on Wednesday, May 22.
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Members of the far-right English Defence League wear balaclavas as they gather outside a pub in Woolwich on Wednesday, May 22.
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EDL supporters confront police in Woolwich on May 22.
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EDL supporters confront police in Woolwich on May 22.
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EDL leader Tommy Robinson joins supporters at the crime scene on May 22.
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EDL leader Tommy Robinson joins supporters at the crime scene on May 22.
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A police officer guards a tent that's been set up at the crime scene as investigations continue late May 22.
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A police officer guards a tent that's been set up at the crime scene as investigations continue late May 22.
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Mary Warder brings flowers to the scene of the crime on May 22 to pay respects to the victim.
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Mary Warder brings flowers to the scene of the crime on May 22 to pay respects to the victim.
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Men place flowers near the scene on John Wilson Street.
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Men place flowers near the scene on John Wilson Street.
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A police officer guards a blocked-off area in Woolwich on May 22.
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A police officer guards a blocked-off area in Woolwich on May 22.
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A general view of Woolwich Barracks, near the scene of the crime.
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A general view of Woolwich Barracks, near the scene of the crime.
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Police officers block off a road in Woolwich.
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Police officers block off a road in Woolwich.
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Forensic officers investigate the crime scene on May 22.
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Forensic officers investigate the crime scene on May 22.
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Police walk to the scene in Woolwich on May 22.
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Police walk to the scene in Woolwich on May 22.
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Story highlights

Michael Adebowale and Michael Adebolajo plead not guilty to charges in soldier's death

The two suspects are due to go on trial in November

Soldier Lee Rigby was killed in a daylight attack near a London barracks in May

London CNN  — 

Two men accused of murder in British soldier Lee Rigby’s killing in May pleaded not guilty Friday at the Old Bailey criminal court in London.

Michael Adebowale, 22, and Michael Adebolajo, 28, also both pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to murder a police officer and to attempted murder of a police officer.

They are scheduled to go on trial at the Old Bailey on November 18.

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The two men appeared at Friday’s hearing by video link.

Adebolajo is also known as Mujaahid Abu Hamza, a court document said, and Adebowale as Ismail Ibn Abdullah.

Rigby was killed in an attack near the Royal Artillery Barracks in the southeast London neighborhood of Woolwich on May 22.