Woolwich 'Attackers Posed And Seemed Proud'

A woman has wept in court as she recalled seeing murdered soldier Lee Rigby's body dragged into the road in Woolwich, southeast London.

Tina Nimmo told a trial she saw one of the alleged attackers stabbing the soldier and pleaded with the knifemen to stop as she shouted and swore at them.

Giving evidence, she raised her arm above her head and brought it down sharply, recalling she saw one of them "chopping down at something on the floor".

She told a jury: "I wanted them to stop. At the time you just get on and do what you have to do. And that's what I had to do."

Ms Nimmo had been in the front passenger seat of a car driven by her daughter Michelle, whose baby was in the back.

A bus stopped near the scene and Ms Nimmo warned passengers to stay back because one of the men had a gun.

Michael Adebolajo denies the charges

As the crowd approached, she told the jury the pair, who she said were holding two bloodied knives and a meat cleaver as well as the gun, "posed a bit more".

They were "very proud of what they had in their hands", she said.

In a statement, Ms Nimmo's daughter said one of the alleged attackers had a "smirk" on his face.

She said she saw a man "lying face down on the floor, covered in blood", and recalled how the two men "dragged him" into the road and "continued to chop away at him all over".

"They looked very proud of what they had done," she added.

The trial also heard from another witness, Vikki Cave, who said she feared the accused were planning to attack police as she spoke to the alleged attackers just metres from Drummer Rigby's body.

Co-defendant Michael Adebowale has also pleaded not guilty

In a statement, the first aider, who rushed to help the soldier, said: "I spoke to them (and asked), 'Are you going to hurt us?'

"He said, 'The women and children are safe. You need to keep back when the police and soldiers get here'.

"They then started shouting about religion and Afghanistan and the damage other soldiers have done."

Michael Adebolajo, 28, and Michael Adebowale, 22, both deny murdering the soldier, who the prosecution says was run over before he was attacked.

They also deny attempting to murder a police officer and conspiracy to murder.

The trial at the Old Bailey continues.

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