Mother gives evidence to inquiry

The mother of Westminster terrorist Khalid Masood said he was an angry person who once turned into the “Incredible Hulk” during a row over a chicken dinner.

Masood, 52, was shot dead by police after stabbing Pc Palmer, 48, to death and ploughing into Kurt Cochran, 54, Leslie Rhodes, 75, Aysha Frade, 44, and Andreea Cristea, 31, on Westminster Bridge in a rented 4x4.

His mother, Janet Ajao, gave evidence at the inquests into his victims’ deaths yesterday from underneath the public gallery in the Old Bailey’s Court One, while the media could only listen to proceedings from another room.

Her application for anonymity was refused by coroner Mark Lucraft QC, along with his wife, Rohey Hydara, before the start of the hearing.

She said in a witness statement that Masood was an “angry person who would get a look in his eyes. I think he’s always been a fiery, angry personality,, she told the inquest. “He was never angry with me and the (only) time he was, he was using my address, as a bail address, and he had gone down into town.” The inquest continues.