{{British police charged with murder one of the two chief suspects in last week’s brutal suspected Islamist attack against a British soldier on a London street.}}
Metropolitan Police confirmed they had charged Michael Adebowale, 22, Wednesday with the murder of 25-year-old Lee Rigby, who died following the May 22 attack in Woolwich, south east London.
“Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Service’s Counter Terrorism Command have…charged a man with the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich on Wednesday 22 May,” said the police statement.
“Michael Adebowale, 22, of Greenwich, was charged with the murder of Lee Rigby contrary to common law.
The suspect was also charged with possession of a firearm.
He was remanded in custody and will appear at Westminster Magistrate’s Court on Thursday morning.
Sue Hemming, head of the public prosecutor’s special crime and counter-terrorism division said she advised police there was now “sufficient evidence” to prosecute Adebowale and it was “in the public interest to do so.
“This man is now charged with serious criminal offences and he has the right to a fair trial,” she added.
The other suspect, 28-year-old Michael Adebolajo, remains under guard at a London hospital, police added.
Both men required hospital treatment after being shot and injured by police at the murder scene last week.
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