'He wants to be called Mujaheed Abu Hamza': Arm in bandages and holding a Koran, Michael Adebolajo appears before magistrates court charged with the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby

Dressed in all white, with his arm bandaged, the 28 year old who is accused of mudering soldier Lee Rigby 25, a fortnight ago stood in the dock flanked by two police officers and a prison guard. As he arrived in the courtroom he appeared to blow a kiss to a friend in the public gallery, gripped a copy of the Koran throughout and refused to stand in the dock. He was remanded in custody and will appear at the Old Bailey within 48 hours. Earlier he was swept into Westminster Magistrates Court in an armoured vehicle led by a police convoy. A number of armed officers formed a ring of steel and shut off roads around the court in central London. Meanwhile the other key suspect in the Drummer Rigby case refused to appear at the Old Bailey today. Michael Adebowale, 22, told prison staff he did not want to go on video link to the court for a statutory bail hearing.