How To Rub Salt In

[bazwillrun]

our wounds...
its bad enough that these detritus are classed as british but now they are reputed to have recieved £212k for their appeal

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/11265232/Lee-Rigby-killer-Michael-Adebolago-to-launch-appeal-claiming-he-has-renounced-violence.html

enough to make you sick...

[youngmafbog]

Oh thats ok then, murder someone then renounce violence and get out - all fees paid by the tax payers you wanted to murder.

What a country we live in, what gets me is what sort of vermin lawyer takes this sort of case on?

And no doubt if they dont get their way, next stop ECHR.

[aelmpvw]

how can they justify £212k for a simple appeal case?

[ToraToraTora]

No doubt the FOJ will be along soon to justify this.

[razza]

Should have been shot on sight when coppers confronted them

[jim360]

My understanding was that Adebolajo had been handed a whole-life tariff. So far as I can tell, this hasn't been overturned on appeal yet.

Legal fees are getting more and more extortionate. The £212k for this case is surprisingly high, and yet it's apparently barely a tenth of the total legal costs faced by Andrew Mitchell for saying (or not) the word "pleb". If anything, that's even more horrendous from the point of view of complaining about legal costs.

[anotheoldgit]

How on earth are they allowed an appeal on those grounds?

Even if it was deemed they had an unfair trial it still does not make any difference everyone knows it was them who committed this horrific crime.

If they lose their appeal their lawyers should forfeit their fees and the money given to Lee's dependants.

[chrissa1]

I thought there had to be serious grounds for an appeal, like new evidence or that they weren't given a fair trial in the first place.

Absolutely, outrageous.

[jourdain2]

With a bit of luck, if they do get out they will be killed by other jihadis for betraying their cause. Makes me feel ill - there is no doubt of their guilt.

[Old_Geezer]

CLaimed 'changes of heart' after the event can surely not have any effect on a sentence handed down at the time of trial ? Why is this grounds for an appeal ?

If he has really changed he needs to stress this when time comes for parole to be considered. And in any case, someone who would take to violence so, is surely not safe to be returned to society whist still able bodied anyway. I'm unaware one has the ability to check that their mind is now working ok and safe for society.

The £212k was everything up until now though, as I read it, not for an appeal alone.

[Butterbun]

They will try anything they can. The money would be better spent on the NHS.

[sandyRoe]

It didn't take much porridge to cool his ardour. Since when was being sorry after the event grounds for an appeal?

[TonyV]

This type of thing really is taking the *** they are murderers, confirmed by unrefutable evidence. A bullet in the forehead is best solution I think. I would pull trigger

[ChillDoubt]

I say release them back into society ASAP.......right in the middle of Woolwich Barracks.

[askyourgran]

If there ever was a prime example for hanging this was it. Lee Rigby was butchered in broad daylight by these animals. I am disgusted that so much money has been allowed for these animals to appeal. No excuses they should be hanged.

[TonyV]

I agree ayg

[TonyV]

Unfortunately in our country, the ones that make most money will be the lawers, barristars, & QC's

[EDDIE51]

The killers don't get any cash. It is the lawyers who are rubbing hands with glee over this. Win or lose the lawyers cash in .

[EDDIE51]

askyourgran, they wanted to be killed, in their eyes that would have ensured they were transported directly to paradise as martyrs to Islam. To them getting locked up is far worse than death.

[TonyV]

Yes Eddie no blonde ladies for them

[askyourgran]

They should be reminded that renouncing violence now is no good, are they saying now that they are sorry? The law in this country does not recognise religious martyrdom. Hanging them would cure them and any other jihadists of the idea that they have achieved something.