One of the murderers of Fusilier Lee Rigby, Michael Adebolajo, a Muslim extremist is now reportedly regarded as the most dangerous British prisoner.

Adebolajo, 31, has been described by a prison officer as “violent, unpredictable and a major danger to other prisoners” due to his ability to radicalise other inmates, prison sources have revealed.

According to Mirror UK, Dozens of prisoners have fallen for Adebolajo’s extremist version of Islam and have vowed to become Jihadis when they are eventually freed.

Even non-Muslim prisoners are said to have converted to Islam and sworn an allegiance to Islamic State after being radicalised by the killer.

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 Islamic State 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.”

It is understood that Adebolajo has been given “special category” status because of the danger he represents.

The source added: “If he is suspected of trying to radicalise other inmates we step in and move him.

“But even in prison Adebolajo cannot be watched all the time. We don’t have the staff or the resources.”

Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale murdered Fusilier Lee Rigby, 25, near his barracks in Woolwich Barracks, South East London in 2013, mowing him down in a car before hacking him with knives and a cleaver.

The duo dragged Rigby’s body into the road and remained at the scene until police arrived.

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