'I should have been a coward': Mother who confronted Lee Rigby's machete-wielding killers reveals that the tragedy has ruined her life

A fearless mother who bravely confronted Lee Rigby's machete-wielding killers has told how she wished she acted like a 'coward' that day as the moment has ruined her life.

Ingrid Loyau-Kennett, 51, dubbed the 'Angel of Woolwich', said she regrets challenging the crazed killers just seconds after they butchered the 25-year-old soldier to death.

Others fled the scene outside the Woolwich barracks on May 22, 2013, but the former cub scout leader tried to keep Michael Adebolajo talking for a long as possible as she was worried he would keep killing. 

The mother-of-two immediately stepped off the bus in south east London and stood up to the Muslim fanatics as Adebolajo clutched a bloody knife. 

Ingrid Loyau-Kennett, 51, dubbed the 'Angel of Woolwich', said she regrets challenging the crazed killers just seconds after they butchered the 25-year-old soldier to death

But she has now revealed how the events of that day have left her without and job and added that she is battling post-traumatic stress disorder.

She also suffers from anxiety attacks and is petrified about leaving her home and can sleep for up to four days in a row. 

The former teacher, who received a host of bravery awards and praise from Prime Minister David Cameron, told The Sun Online: 'I can't stop sleeping, I just don't wake up.

'I recently lost three stone and have a list of medication as longer than my arm.

'In the winter there is often three or four days before I wake up a little bit, have a drink and go to the loo then go back to sleep.'

Ingrid, from Helston, Cornwall, added: 'I've got PTSD and I can't find a doctor to help me.  

'I feel sick, poor and isolated. What's the point in being hero if I don't see it in my everyday life?'

Ingrid was on the No53 bus which went past Fusilier Rigby's body and sprinted over without realising his killers were just yards away

On the afternoon of May 22 2013, Fusilier Lee Rigby (pictured) was attacked and killed by Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale

Michael Adebolajo, 32, (left) is serving a whole life term while his accomplice Michael Adebowale, 24, (right) is serving at least 45 years for the brutal murder

Ingrid was on the No 53 bus which went past Fusilier Rigby's body and sprinted over without realising his killers were just yards away. 

But she said the publicity surrounding her heroics has made her a target for bullies who have pelted her home with eggs. 

She said: 'At the time I saw three couples in three cars drive off and thought 'shame on you, you cowards. But maybe next time I would take the cowards way out.' 

Adebolajo, 32, is serving a whole life term while his accomplice Michael Adebowale, 24, is serving at least 45 years for the brutal murder. The pair were jailed at the Old Bailey in December following a trial.