One of the men accused of killing Fusilier Lee Rigby has been injured during a violent incident in prison.

Woolwich murder suspect Michael Adebolajo lost two teeth as he was restrained by officers at Belmarsh jail in south-east London.

It is understood several officers were called in to help after Adebolajo began acting violently on Wednesday, and he was injured during the subsequent melee in the prison’s high-security wing.

Last night the Metropolitan Police said it had started an investigation. No arrests have been made.

Adebolajo, from Romford, east London, is one of two men accused of murdering Fusilier Rigby outside Woolwich barracks on May 22.

When he appeared in court last month charged with the murder, he complained about his treatment at the hands of prison staff.

During the June 5 hearing via video-link from the prison, he was flanked by prison officers in full riot gear. Belmarsh staff asked for him to be handcuffed on the basis he was ‘unpredictable’ and had refused to comply with their orders.

The judge, Mr Justice Sweeney, terminated the video-link after Adebolajo launched into a series of rants against prison staff.

The unit in which he is being detained has the highest security classification in the country, and holds notorious terror suspects and dangerous felons.

Inmates have included Al Qaeda preacher Abu Qatada until his deportation earlier this month, and fanatic Abu Hamza, who was extradited to the US last year. The cost of keeping each inmate in the unit is estimated at £65,000 a year.




A November 2009 inspection report on Belmarsh criticised the ‘extremely high’ amount of force used to control inmates at the prison, and said large numbers of inmates claimed they had been intimidated by prison staff.

A Prison Service spokesman said: ‘The police are investing an incident which took place at HMP Belmarsh on July 17.


‘It would be inappropriate to comment while the investigation is ongoing.’

A Scotland Yard spokesman said: ‘We can confirm that an allegation of assault was passed to the Metropolitan Police on July 17 by Belmarsh Prison. An investigation has been started.’




Rigby, 25, a father of one from Middleton, Rochdale, died from multiple wounds after he was attacked in the street.

The Prime Minister and thousands of mourners attended his military funeral last week, at which his two-year-old son Jack wore a T-shirt bearing the words ‘My Daddy My Hero’.

Adebolajo is charged with murder and possessing a revolver. He is also accused of the attempted murder of two police officers.

His alleged accomplice, Michael Adebowale, 22, is charged with murder and possession of a firearm.








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He has no business being in that prison in the first place if he had kept his fanatic attitude at a normal level and also be a law abiding resident in the uk .when you go against the law ,the law goes against u.he is on his own

Prison? Beautiful. Oyibo una too much. No wonder such people don't show remorse for their criminal acts, maybe they should post him to one of Nigeria state-of-the-art prisons.
So more money is spent on prisoners yearly, than some free men could make in a year there. Wonderful.

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Chain_Blinger: Omo na prison fine like dis? Wow! Abeg carry me dey gooooo... It's better to be imprisoned in America than to be free in Nigeria. You can just be kidnapped for ritual or for ransom, or blown by BH time bomb, or get killed by do or die robbers etc....f2c tins sha.

You think that building is cool abi?just imagine urself having to spend 40yrs of ur life in that compound ,no going out of that compound and having to live in room,while ur mates outside have all the freedom and are prospering in life ,going from one country to another ,changing jobs and having a nice time with their families .
There is nothing so precious as freedom.to do whatever you want at anywhere at anytime.freedom is sweet,so pls I am begging u don't envy those in that prison