Lee Rigby murderer lied about being victim of secret UK intelligence plot and mistreatment in Kenya
Islamist fanatic Michael Adebolajo who butchered soldier Lee Rigby in 2013 'most definitely' not subject of secret service conspiracy as he claimed
ONE of soldier Lee Rigby’s killers lied about being the victim of a secret service conspiracy, a watchdog found yesterday.
Islamist fanatic Michael Adebolajo had tried to get to the terror hotbed of Somalia but was arrested in neighbouring Kenya in 2010 — three years before butchering Fusilier Lee.
Adebolajo claimed he was mistreated and even tortured by Kenyan authorities, probably in cahoots with their UK counterparts.
Concerns were raised about security agencies’ response and his deportation to Britain.
But Intelligence Services Commissioner Sir Mark Waller: wrote: “I found that Mr Adebolajo was most definitely not the subject of an intelligence services conspiracy and that his allegations of mistreatment were probably untrue.”
However he did say MI5 and MI6 had shown “serious failings” in their response to the claims.
Lee, 25, was targeted outside Woolwich Barracks in South East London in May 2013.
Adebolajo, 32, and fellow killer Michael Adebowale, 24, are serving life sentences.