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Mother and partner ‘murdered nine-year-old boy found lifeless in cold bath’
I wanted to die after my soldier son Lee Rigby was murdered – only the love of my family stopped me ending my life
THE MUM of murdered soldier Lee Rigby says she wanted to die after he was killed by terrorists – and that only her family’s love stopped her ending her life.
Lee, 25, a machine gunner and drummer in the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, was killed by Islamist terrorists on May 22, 2013 as he walked home to his barracks in Woolwich, east London.
Killers Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale mowed down the soldier in a speeding car and hacked him to death with meat cleavers after picking him out at random.
The pair urged shocked onlookers to film them gloating over Lee’s body before police arrived at the scene.
Ten years on, Lee’s mum Lyn Rigby has spoken of her devastation after her son’s brutal murder.
She told the Mirror: “I remember just wanting to die too so I could be with Lee.
“It was only being a mum to four other children that stopped me taking my own life.
“My husband Ian and my four girls saved me from myself.
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“As a family we pulled through together and to this day I have no idea how I am still standing.
“It’s nothing short of a miracle that the human heart can survive such sadness.”
Lee had survived frontline combat against the Taliban during a tour of Afghanistan several years before his murder by home-grown jihadists in London.
Clips of his savage execution are still circulating online, adding to his grieving family’s ordeal.
Both of Lee’s killers were given life sentences, with Adebolajo serving a whole-life tariff in prison.
Lyn said that the Lee remains part of the family a decade after his death.
It’s nothing short of a miracle that the human heart can survive such sadness
Lyn Rigby
She said: ““We will always have an empty chair at the heart of our family now – at birthdays, Christmas and Easter – even summer barbecues and simple get-togethers.
“Lee will always be missing but he is never forgotten.”
“When Sara got married a few years ago, she had a chair and a place setting for Lee at her top table with a candle burning next to a gorgeous photo of her brother.”
Lyn set up the Lee Rigby Foundation to help suffering veterans and bereaved military families.
The charity offers families caravan breaks on the Welsh coast to give peace and quiet.
Lee was father to young son Jack and was set to marry his beloved girlfriend before he was murdered.
Lyn said: “Lee was like a human tornado with so much wild energy.
“I’d give anything for him to burst through the door and rip through the stillness of my day.”
You’re Not Alone
EVERY 90 minutes in the UK a life is lost to suicide.
It doesn’t discriminate, touching the lives of people in every corner of society – from the homeless and unemployed to builders and doctors, reality stars and footballers.
It’s the biggest killer of people under the age of 35, more deadly than cancer and car crashes.
And men are three times more likely to take their own life than women.
Yet it’s rarely spoken of, a taboo that threatens to continue its deadly rampage unless we all stop and take notice, now.
That is why The Sun launched the You’re Not Alone campaign.
The aim is that by sharing practical advice, raising awareness and breaking down the barriers people face when talking about their mental health, we can all do our bit to help save lives.
Let’s all vow to ask for help when we need it, and listen out for others… You’re Not Alone.
If you, or anyone you know, needs help dealing with mental health problems, the following organisations provide support:
- CALM, www.thecalmzone.net, 0800 585 858
- Heads Together, www.headstogether.org.uk
- Mind, www.mind.org.uk, 0300 123 3393
- Papyrus, www.papyrus-uk.org, 0800 068 41 41
- Samaritans, www.samaritans.org, 116 123
- Movember, www.uk.movember.com
- Anxiety UK www.anxietyuk.org.uk, 03444 775 774 Monday-Friday 9.30am-10pm, Saturday/Sunday 10am-8pm
Lyn laying a wreath after Lee Rigby’s name was inscribed on the Armed Forces Memorial[/caption]
The Rigby family emerge from Lee’s funeral in 2013[/caption]
Michael Adebolajo (left) and Michael Adebowale (right) were given life sentences[/caption]
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‘Midlands Ripper’ Alun Kyte probably murdered several more women, top detective reveals
A CONVICTED double killer probably murdered several more women, a top detective has said.
It comes after Alun Kyte, 58, already serving a life term for the murders in the 1990s of two prostitutes, was found guilty of raping a young boy.
‘Midlands Ripper’ Alan Kyte was also found guilty of raping a young boy[/caption]
Kyte murdered prostitute Tracey Turner[/caption]
Lorry driver Kyte, known as the Midlands Ripper, strangled, stripped and dumped his victims in remote areas.
Kyte will be sentenced next month for a five-year campaign of sex abuse against a primary school-age boy who he lured to his home in Staffordshire in the late 1980s, The Times said.
Kyte was convicted in February after the victim came forward.
He is yet tyo be sentenced.
Mick Creedon, the retired police officer who brought Kyte to justice in 2000 for the murders of Samo Paull, 20, and Tracey Turner, 30, said he has boasted in prison about killing several more women.
He told The Times: “I’m absolutely convinced there are more victims out there.
“He did not suddenly do this and then stop.
“It doesn’t work that way with people who are wired like him.
“There might be cold cases out there with evidence that could be reviewed.
“Twenty years ago we said he’s dangerous.
“Now, after the latest conviction, there is even more proof about how dangerous he is.”
Kyte was was caught in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, in 1997 for the rape of a woman who escaped, running naked into the street, after he threatened her with a knife.
His DNA matched samples recovered from the body of Tracey Turner, who was strangled after meeting Kyte at a service station in the M6 in early 1994.
Kyte was also found guilty of the murder of Paull, a single mother who met him in Birmingham.