Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
LEE RIGBY KILLER SUES OVER ‘LOSS OF DIGNITY’
Extremist’s £25k compo claim
LEE Rigby’s killer is suing for £25,000 after claiming his treatment in prison was a “gross affront to his personal dignity”, court papers reveal.
Michael Adebolajo, 32, is demanding compensation after he lost two teeth during a scuffle with guards in 2013.
He says he was assaulted by warders at Belmarsh Prison in South East London and suffered “distress, loss and damage”, even though the officers were cleared.
Documents obtained by the Mirror say his “psychiatric injury” was made worse as officials “continue to fail to apologise”.
Islamist extremists Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, 28, ran Fusilier Lee over in their car near his barracks in Woolwich, South East London, in 2013. The killer then tried to cut off 25-year-old Lee’s head with a knife.
Lee’s father, Phil Mcclure, 57, said: “He never apologised for what he did to my son and now he wants an apology from the
Prison Service?”
Families of murder victims can claim up to £11,000 compensation. Mr Mcclure added: “He’s asking for more than twice that. It’s scandalous.” The Ministry of Justice denies excessive force was used. Court papers say Adebolajo posed an “extreme risk” to prison officers and would become fixated on female staff.
The case is expected to go to trial, costing £100,000.