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<\/p>\nMICHAEL Adebolajo has been branded Britain's most dangerous prisoner after his heinous crime alongside Michael Adebowale.<\/p>\n
He is currently serving life in prison for the crime against British Army soldier, Fusilier Lee Rigby.<\/p>\n
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Michael Adebolajo was born to a Christian family of Nigerian descent in Lambeth, London, where he attended Marshalls Park School before going on to the University of Greenwich.<\/p>\n
The murderer converted to Islam in 2003, according to jailed hate preacher Anjem Choudary, and was linked to the banned organisation al-Muhajiroun.<\/p>\n
Three years later he was arrested outside the Old Bailey during a protest over the trial of Islamic activist Mizanur Rahman.<\/p>\n
In 2009, Adebolajo spoke at a protest against the English Defence League and a year later was arrested in Kenya on suspicion of trying to train with the Al-Shabaab terror group.<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Three years after his failed bid to train with al-Qaeda linked terrorists in Africa, he would butcher a British soldier on the streets of his hometown.<\/p>\n Rigby was returning to Woolwich barracks after working at the Tower of London when he was spotted by his killers in Wellington Street at around 2.20pm on May 22, 2013.<\/p>\n As he crossed the road, the pair spotted his Help 4 Heroes hoodie and mowed him down in the car.<\/p>\n The killers then leapt out of the vehicle and began stabbing and hacking at Rigby's body with knives and a meat cleaver in an assault so fierce they almost decapitated him.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Adebolajo told onlookers to call the police and urged them to film him as he launched into a rant, his hands soaked in Rigby's blood.<\/p>\n The pair waited for armed cops to arrive, then charged at the patrol car hoping to be martyred. They were both shot and injured.<\/p>\n A friend later said Adebolajo, then 28, had complained of being repeatedly quizzed by MI5 and turned down an offer to spy for them.<\/p>\n Michael Adebowale, then 22, was said to have been heavily influenced by the more forceful Adebolajo and was also said to have studied at the University of Greenwich.<\/p>\n In December 2013 both men were found guilty of murder.<\/p>\n Adebolajo was given a whole-life tariff.<\/p>\n Adebowale was jailed for a minimum of 45 years.<\/p>\n The killer finally admitted his guilt and expressed "regret" in a bombshell jail confession in June 2018, adding that he plans to write a letter of apology to the soldier's family.<\/p>\n Sources say his u-turn was "astonishing", saying the killer finally\u00a0acknowledged that he had taken an innocent life.<\/p>\n Adebolajo expressed his new-found remorse to prison staff and a fellow inmate.<\/p>\n The jihadi, who cited the Koran moments after the 2013 atrocity, has also admitted he \u201cmisinterpreted\u201d Islam\u2019s holy book.<\/p>\n In a further desperate shift from his radical ways, he has asked to be known as Michael after years of insisting he be called Mujahid Abu Hamza.<\/p>\n The former Christian told prisoners he now rejects his extremist views and admits to being\u00a0\u201cbrainwashed\u201d.<\/p>\n He added that his attack on Rigby was \u201ca misguided attack on an institution\u201d.<\/p>\n Adebolajo was given a whole life order in 2014 for the brutal slaying of Rigby.<\/p>\n After his sentencing, it was reported that Adebolajo looked at the press in court and kissed his Quran while being escorted to prison.<\/p>\n Adebolajo is now serving his sentence at HMP Woodhill, near Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire.<\/p>\n He has since declared his actions on that fateful day of being \u201cmisinterpreted\u201d due to brainwashing from the Quran.<\/p>\n Both Adebolajo and Adebowale have attempted to reduce their sentences, however this was rejected by the courts<\/p>\n In 2022, Adebolajo was banned from attending yoga classes in prison due to fears he might spread extremism among inmates.<\/p>\n He admitted to being \u201cgutted\u201d by the ban as he hoped the sessions could help \u201cimprove his mental health\u201d.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/newspress-collage-22434233-1684748581950.jpg\")
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