It was soon after his return to Britain, a close friend claims, that MI5 earmarked him as a potential informant and began assiduously courting him.
The Mail on Sunday has been told:
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Intelligence officers offered Adebolajo money and gave him a mobile phone;
Adebolajo was asked to spy on a group of Muslims with links to Al Qaeda terrorists in Yemen;
He resisted their attempts to ‘turn’ him and complained to lawyers he was being harassed.
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