Lee Rigby murderer Michael Adebolajo deserves taxpayers’ legal aid for compensation, claims deluded judge

ONE of Lee Rigby’s killers should get legal aid for a compensation claim, a judge said yesterday.

Mr Justice Langstaff claimed it would be “a great pity” if “charismatic” Michael Adebolajo did not get taxpayers’ cash.

The Sun revealed exclusively in September that Adebolajo, 32, was suing justice chiefs for £25,000 for “psychiatric injury” after losing two front teeth while being restrained in prison.

So far he has been refused any legal aid to help his claim.

But Mr Justice Langstaff told a pre-trial hearing at London’s High Court:

“It will be a great pity to justice, and in particular the presentation of the claimant’s case, if some means were not found to ensure he had professional help.

“If that could be done by public funds, all the better.”

Evidence submitted yesterday exposed how Adebolajo has become a recruiting sergeant for radical Islam behind bars.

The judge said: “He is charismatic.

"There is intelligence suggesting that he has had some influence on the conversion to Islam of some individuals.”

Mr Justice Langstaff added: “There is a large group of people who look up to Adebolajo.”

Fusilier Lee, 25, died after being attacked outside Woolwich Barracks, South East London, in May 2013.

Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, 26, were convicted of his murder.