Nigerian/British terrorist who killed a soldier in Woolwish in 2013 moved from category A prison to Gentler which cost government £250,000 per year after he refused medical attention

One of Lee Rigby's killers is set to cost taxpayers £250,000 per year after justice chiefs agreed to transfer him back to Broadmoor Hospital.

Michael Adebowale, 25, was jailed for life for killing the soldier in Woolwich in May 2013, and was initially sent to Broadmoor before being sent to HMP Wakefield in 2015 when he was ruled to be sane.

But it is understood he has now returned to the high security psychiatric hospital in Berkshire after refusing to comply with medical treatment at the prison.



The cost of treating a patient at Broadmoor is around five times as much as the £50,000 spent on keeping a prisoner at a Category A jail.

According to the Sun, Mr Rigby's mother Lyn, 50, is furious at the move after previously describing herself as 'delighted' when the killer was transferred to Wakefield.

She told the paper: 'I get the impression this whole situation is going to yo-yo back and forth for years because the authorities clearly don't know how to deal with him.

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