A British Islamist couple who pleaded guilty to glorifying the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby by posting a series of YouTube videos have been jailed.
Royal Barnes, 23, of Hackney, east London, was sentenced to five years and four months in prison after he and his wife Rebekah Dawson, 22, admitted to making three "vile" videos following the murder of Rigby in Woolwich on 22 May 2013.
In one of the videos, Barnes could be heard describing the soldier's murder as a "glorious day". They also uploaded a video of themselves laughing hysterically as they drove past a floral tribute to Rigby at the scene where he was killed.
Barnes, who was friends with one of Rigby's killers, Michael Adebowale, also posted a message on Facebook encouraging people to murder British, French and Am
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