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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Rosie Dunn & Amy Walker

'Ten years without my son is heartbreaking... the pain becomes a part of you': Lee Rigby's mum's decade of grief

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 22, 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.

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