Lee Rigby's mother was forced to relive her son's murder

Christopher Spivey, 54, (pictured) claimed the homicide of Fusilier Rigby was 'staged

The mom of murdered soldier Lee Rigby mentioned she was threatened with arrest except she attended the enchantment listening to of a conspiracy theorist troll who taunted her over his dying.

Lyn Rigby mentioned her therapy by authorities was 'absurd and surprising' after she was summoned to a courtroom listening to the place a graphic picture from her son's homicide featured as proof.

Mrs Rigby mentioned she was left 'trembling from head to foot' when a photograph of Islamic extremist Michael Adebolajo, coated in her son's blood and brandishing a meat cleaver, was proven to the courtroom.

'This has been one of many worst weeks since Lee died and it introduced all of the horrible feelings flooding again to me as if my son had been murdered over again,' she instructed the Sunday Folks.

'I imagine in our justice system as a result of it put Lee's killers behind bars however I do not imagine we must always have been compelled to courtroom for this man.

'And to threaten us with prosecution if we did not attend was simply absurd and surprising in addition to deeply upsetting. It means that my grieving household has in some way completed one thing fallacious.'

Christopher Spivey, a grandfather from Rochford, Essex, was convicted of harassing the Rigby household and sending grossly offensive messages over social media in 2015.

He posted a sequence of feedback on social media in regards to the Could 2013 killing in Woolwich, south east London - together with claiming the soldier had by no means existed and that the story of his homicide was a conspiracy.

Lyn Rigby mentioned her therapy by authorities was 'absurd and surprising' after she was summoned to courtroom the place a graphic picture from her son's homicide featured as proof

The troll additionally revealed the household's dwelling addresses and personal images on-line and contacted the soldier's sister, Sarah McClure claiming her husband, Rob, additionally a soldier, and Fusilier Rigby had been the identical individual.

Spivey was ultimately discovered responsible however escaped being despatched to jail when a decide suspended his sentence.

After sustaining his innocence he launched an enchantment which was reportedly dismissed after a four-day listening to at Chelmsford Crown Court docket final week.

Mrs Rigby questioned why she and her daughter had been made to attend the listening to through videolink from Bury magistrates' courtroom after they submitted witness statements.

'It is horrific sufficient shedding my son in such a violent method however to hearken to this man's twisted drivel was simply heaping extra distress on me,' she mentioned.

Dave Hines, founding father of the Nationwide Victims' Affiliation, criticised her therapy and ministers for failing these affected by crime.

Fusilier Rigby (pictured) was hacked to dying by terrorists in south London in Could 2013

'I really feel for Mrs Rigby and the horrendous ordeal she has needed to undergo. It is past comprehension, it is utterly outrageous and the general public might be shocked.

'Households like this are let down by the system,' he mentioned. 

Final week Spivey misplaced an enchantment towards a suspended six month jail sentence handed down at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court docket.

The previous builder instructed a decide at Chelmsford Crown Court docket: 'It was a faux occasion allowed to go forward by the Authorities, aided by the safety companies.'

However Decide Christopher Morgan dismissed Spivey's enchantment and labelled his web postings on his web site as 'malicious and oppressive'.

He added that Spivey 'focused' Fusilier Rigby's mom and sister and was conscious of the danger they could see what he had written.

He mentioned Spivey took no account of the actual fact the household had been grieving.

Rejecting the enchantment Decide Morgan mentioned: 'An individual grieving for a kid and immediately concerned in occasions could be affected.

'The assertion that the homicide of her son was a hoax to somebody not related with Lee Rigby could have merely been dismissed because the deluded remark of an obsessive, a conspiracy theorist or a crank.'

Lyn Rigby needed to relive the occasions of her son's horrific dying as she gave proof through video hyperlink from the Manchester space.

She was visibly distressed as she spoke of feeling frightened when her handle and household images had been revealed by Spivey.

She instructed the courtroom: 'We simply could not exit wherever. We had been frightened to reply the door.

Conspiracy theorist Christopher Spivey, a grandfather from Rochford, Essex, was convicted of harassing the Rigby household and sending grossly offensive messages over social media in 2015

'It obtained to the purpose the place my youngest obtained so frightened she would go round checking on home windows and doorways thrice earlier than she went to mattress, again and again.

'It made us very frightened. I obtained very distressed over it as I assumed we had been being watched on a regular basis.'

Spivey additionally revealed photos of her home, images and names of Fusilier Rigby's sister Sara McClure, her youngsters and details about her companion Robert Sergeant.

Mrs McClure, who additionally gave proof through video hyperlink, mentioned she felt 'scared and susceptible'.

She added: 'We moved home, we needed to depart our dwelling as a result of we had been nervous anyone was going to return for us.'

Michael Adebolajo, 29, and Michael Adeowale, 22, had been each jailed for all times in February 2015 for Fusilier Rigby's homicide following a trial on the Outdated Bailey.

Spivey was initially convicted in July 2015 of two expenses of harassing Lyn Rigby and Sara McClure.

Fusilier Rigby, from Rochford, Essex, was off obligation when he was attacked and killed by Michael Adebolajo (left) and Michael Adebowale (proper)

He was additionally discovered responsible of two offences of sending grossly offensive or menacing messages by public communication between Could 2013 and November 2014.

Spivey obtained a six month jail sentence, suspended for 2 years and a lifetime restraining order banning him from any future contact with these concerned.

He was additionally banned from publishing any materials about them on the web, ordered to pay £2,000 prices and his pc tools was forfeited.

Decide Morgan left that sentence in place and ordered Spivey, unemployed and on advantages, to pay an extra £2,000 prices. 

A spokesman for the judiciary mentioned: 'Judges are conscious about the necessity to scale back as a lot as doable the painful ordeal witnesses should undergo in instances resembling this one, and the choice of video hyperlinks means a minimum of they do not should attend courtroom.

'However courts do should steadiness that consideration with the necessity to make sure that justice is completed.

'The laws for an enchantment from a magistrates' courtroom to the Crown Court docket (as this one was) requires that there's a re-hearing.

'Because of this the prosecution has to name the proof on which it depends - on the Crown Court docket - to be able to show the case towards the accused, except he's ready to make admissions of reality.

'That's the solely method that the witnesses whose account is a necessary a part of the case could be spared from giving their proof a second time.'

He added: 'Judges can't remark out of courtroom on instances they or colleagues have heard.' 

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