MPs have called on the Government to prevent tax money being used for an appeal by one of the killers of soldier Lee Rigby.
MPs have reacted with outrage to what they claim is an attempt by Michael Adebolajo to use the courts for ‘jihadi grandstanding’.
At his trial, Adebolajo admitted the killing and said: ‘I am a soldier of Allah, and jihad sometimes entails killing the enemy.’
Footage from ITV NEWS showing Michael Adebolajo during the attack on Lee Rigby in Woolwich
If judges hear Adebolajo’s appeal, his barristers will be entitled to claim thousands of pounds in fees from the Court of Appeal.
Tory Rob Wilson MP told The Mail on Sunday: ‘This man hacked another man to death in front of cameras.
'There simply cannot be any grounds for appeal and any sensible system would not allow itself to be played in this way.’
He added: ‘If it is open to such abuse, then it must be urgently reformed.’
Victim: Adebolajo, together with Michael Adebowale, 22, mowed down Fusilier Rigby (pictured) in a car, before hacking him to death in Woolwich, south east London, in May last year
Jailed: Adebolajo (left) was condemned to die behind bars - with the judge saying he had 'no real prospect of rehabilitation'. However, Adebowale (right) was sentenced to a minimum of 45 years in jail
His comments follow a call by Tory MP David Nuttall for a Commons debate on payments in ‘hopeless’ appeals used to promote a terrorist agenda.
Commons Leader Andrew Lansley responded that although aid was given in criminal cases, it depended on whether judges granted Adebolajo leave to appeal.
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people should riot, drag that animal from his cell and then executing it themselves.
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