The mother of Greater Manchester soldier Lee Rigby has spoken out ahead of the tenth anniversary of her son's murder. Lee, from Langley, Middleton, was brutally murdered in broad daylight on May 4, 2013, just 200 yards from his army barracks in Woolwich, London.
Now, his mother, Lyn, has spoken of her “decade of heartbreak” - and says she only survived the devastation of her son’s execution because of the love of her husband and four daughters.
She has vowed to make sure Lee is never forgotten. Speaking to the Mirror, she said: “Ten years without my son has been heartbreaking. READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community “The pain is there every day, so much so that it becomes a part of you. “But what tears me apart is to think that people have forgotten him 10 years on.
It’s my job to make sure people remember him – not just as the murdered soldier from the TV but as a loving son, dad and brother.” A machine gunner and proud drummer from the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, Lee, 25, was killed in a terrorist attack The savage killing was carried out by two Islamist extremists as he walked home to his army barracks.