Sunday Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Rigby killer is ‘radicalising’ other lags to be IS soldiers
ONE of Fusilier Lee Rigby’s killers is now regarded as Britain’s most dangerous inmate after getting other cons to join Islamic State.
Dozens of lags, including non-Muslims, are said to have fallen for Michael Adebolajo’s twisted version of Islam and have vowed to become jihadis when they are eventually freed.
One prison official said: “Adebolajo spends most of his waking hours preaching his distorted form of Islam to anyone who will listen. He sees every inmate as a potential IS soldier, whether they are Muslims or not.
“He has a big personality and is very charismatic, and some of the more vulnerable prisoners will fall under his spell. He is a very dangerous individual.”
The source added: “If he is suspected of trying to radicalise other inmates, we step in and move him.
“But even in prison he cannot be watched all the time. We don’t have the staff or the resources.”
Adebolajo, 31, and Michael Adebowale, 25, murdered Fusilier Rigby, 25, in 2013. Adebolajo is serving life in HMP Frankland in Co Durham.