Lee Rigby’s mother remembers ‘gentle, imperfect’ son 10 years after murder

Lyn Rigby says she believes soldier son killed in Woolwich would be proud of work helping bereaved military families

Lyn Rigby, the mother of the murdered soldier Lee Rigby, says she speaks to her son every morning and can still feel his presence a decade after he was killed.

Fusilier Rigby, 25, was killed on 22 May 2013 by terrorists near his barracks in Woolwich, south London. His attackers, Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, were found guilty of his murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.