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The killer of Private Lee Rigby is on oxygen in hospital after contracting coronavirus while serving his sentence in Broadmoor, according to reports.
Michael Adebowale, 29, was reportedly transferred from the high-security psychiatric hospital in Crowthorne, Berkshire, to a Covid ward after his condition rapidly deteriorated.
It is the second time in recent days that the killer has been admitted to a hospital with the virus, according to the Sun.
A source told the newspaper: ‘He is very ill and struggling to breathe.
‘It has reached the stage where it is a 24/7 battle. If it deteriorates much further, intensive care would be the next step. ‘
Michael Adebowale (pictured), the killer of Private Lee Rigby, is reportedly receiving oxygen in hospital after contracting coronavirus while serving his sentence at Broadmoor.
The 29-year-old was reportedly transferred from the high-security psychiatric hospital (pictured) in Crowthorne, Berkshire, to a Covid ward after his condition rapidly deteriorated.
Adebowale, who is said to have tested positive for Covid two weeks ago, is not on a ventilator, but is receiving oxygen treatment, the document reports.
The Sun also quoted Lee Rigby’s mother, Lyn, 53, who said that ‘it would not be just that Covid took this man (Adebowale) prematurely and terminated the sentence imposed on him.’
Adebowale and his accomplice Michael Adebolajo ran over Rigby, 25, near London’s Woolwich Barracks in May 2013 before stabbing him to death in broad daylight.
The father of one died as a result of multiple cuts and stab wounds after the attack, fueled by the extremist beliefs of Adebowale and Adebolajo, described as a ‘betrayal of Islam’ in their murder trial in 2014.
Adebowale, who was given a minimum term of 45 years for Rigby’s murder, has spent three terms at Broadmoor since his conviction.
He is expected to spend the next “five to ten years” in hospital, where he will be treated for paranoid schizophrenia.
Adebowale and his accomplice Michael Adebolajo ran over 25-year-old rifleman Lee Rigby (pictured) near Woolwich barracks in May 2013 before stabbing him to death in broad daylight.
Adebolajo received a life sentence for the murder. He is serving his sentence at HMP Woodhill, near Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire.
In October last year, Adebowale pleaded guilty to beating a health care aide while in custody at Broadmoor. The incident took place on July 20 of last year.
After denying a more serious charge of inflicting serious bodily injury, Adebowale admitted an alternate charge of assault causing actual bodily injury at Reading Crown Court in October.
Adebowale, who changed his name to Ismaail Kuti, received an eight-month prison sentence from Judge Jay.
The murderer Michael Adebolajo received a life sentence for the murder of Lee Rigby. He is serving his sentence at HMP Woodhill, near Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire.
This will be fulfilled after his minimum 45-year sentence for murder.
Adebowale had previously made an offer to serve the remainder of his sentence in a Nigerian jail with a VIP wing.
The killer, who was born in the UK to Nigerian Protestant parents before converting to Islam, was reportedly seeking a prisoner exchange deal for Kirikiri prison in Lagos.
According to the Sun in April of last year, he had written to immigration experts seeking advice.
Lynn, Rigby’s mother, reacted to the news at the time, calling it an insult to her son.
According to reports at the time, his chances seemed destined to fail as he was not born in Nigeria.
It was reported in December last year that Rigby’s other killer, Adebolajo, is now telling other extremist prisoners at HMP Woodhill that he made a “drastic mistake” and is encouraging them to “avoid terrorism.”
Adebolajo, who was born in London into a Christian family before converting to Islam, is said to be part of a de-radicalization program and reportedly renounced extremism last year.
He is said to have apologized to Mr. Rigby’s family, claiming he was “brainwashed” and “misinterpreted the Qur’an.
