Couple jailed over Lee Rigby YouTube video

A BRITISH Muslim couple were jailed today for glorifying the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby in videos posted on YouTube that were “offensive in the extreme”.
By The Newsroom
Published 14th Mar 2014, 16:14 BST
Royal Barnes and a scene from the videoRoyal Barnes and a scene from the video
Royal Barnes and a scene from the video

Royal Barnes, 23, and his wife Rebekah Dawson, 22, recorded and uploaded three videos shortly after the murder in Woolwich, south east London, last May.

Barnes was jailed for five years and four months at the Old Bailey after pleading guilty last month to three counts of disseminating a terrorist publication and one of inciting murder.

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His wife, who insisted on wearing her veil in court, admitted charges of disseminating a terrorist publication and was sentenced to 20 months in prison.

Royal Barnes and a scene from the videoRoyal Barnes and a scene from the video
Royal Barnes and a scene from the video

Judge Brian Barker QC told them the videos they made were “offensive in the extreme”.

He said the couple showed “a total and continuing disregard” for how their actions might affect the family of trooper Rigby, those people who witnessed the murder and the British public.