The alleged Stockholm terrorist's asylum bid in Sweden was rejected after investigators found he had lied about being tortured in his homeland, it is claimed.

Rakhmat Akilov, 39, applied for asylum in 2014 under the false name 'Rahmatgon Kurbonov', the Dagens Nyheter newspaper reported.

He claimed that authorities in his native Uzbekistan had falsely accused him of being a terrorist and had tortured and assaulted him in custody.

The fanatic, who killed four in Friday's carnage, told the Swedish Migration Board that he had been arrested during a demonstration and was subsequently tortured by police for nine days.

However, a medical examination showed that torture had not taken place.

Investigators concluded that his identity could not be confirmed as he had used several aliases when applying for asylum.

A court also questioned his version of events, saying that his description of conditions in prison was too vague. He was unable to describe its appearance and anybody who was in prison with him.

'This was something he should have been able to describe quite thoroughly after nine days in prison,' the court said. 'He also hasn't given us information about other people in the demonstration even though he claims to have known many of them.'

Lied: Rakhmat Akilov, pictured, allegedly behind Friday's Stockholm terror attack, had his bid for asylum in Sweden rejected after investigators found he had lied about being tortured in his homeland, it is claimed

Torture claims: The father of four, 39, claimed that authorities in his native Uzbekistan had falsely accused him of being a terrorist and had tortured and assaulted him in custody

The court found that Akilov's story became more exaggerated as the case continued.

Akilov said that he was only able to escape a longer prison sentence after his brother paid $10,000 in bribes.

The court found this information unlikely, however, since he could not provide any details about how the money was paid.

During court hearings, the fanatic said that he came from a wealthy family and that his wife and children were still in his home country.

His journey to Sweden took place by truck via Denmark and was arranged by his brother, he said, but the court found that this was also not reliable.

In conclusion, the court decided that there was no reason to grant him asylum or citizenship in Sweden and ruled that he should be deported.

'His story cannot be seen as something he has experienced himself and therefore he is not in need of asylum,' the court's verdict said.

The fanatic appealed the ruling, but on 14 December 2016 this was dismissed. Akilov was given four weeks to leave the country voluntarily, but failed to do so.

In February, the case was handed over to police to enforce the deportation but by that time Akilov had gone to ground.

Tragedy: Young mother Maïlys Dereymaeker, right, was today revealed as one of the four victims of the terror truck. She leaves behind a young toddler. British music executive Chris Bevington, a married father of two, left, was one of four killed in Friday's horrific attack. His father paid tribute to 'a wonderful husband, son, father, brother and close friend to many'

Remembering in prayer: A young boy offers a heartbreaking tributes to the dead and to the heroism of the emergency services, as memorials were laid across Stockholm in memory of the four victims and many more wounded

Minute's silence: In front of a sea of flowers, a woman weeps with emotion as Sweden fell silent for a minute's commemoration for the victims of Friday's terror attack

Light in the dark: Flowers and candles spread out across the scene of the terror attack in Stockholm as thousands paid their own personal tribute to the four victims killed by a careering truck

Tribute: Mr Bevington, pictured, 41, a father of two, who was living in Stockholm, was the first victim to be named

Meanwhile, today Maïlys Dereymaeker, a Belgian psychologist who worked with failed asylum seekers being deported, was named as the latest victim of Friday's atrocity.

The mother of one, from Lembeek, near Brussels, was waiting for friends from work when the carnage struck.

Ms Dereymaeker, who had an 18-month-old toddler, worked with illegal immigrants facing deportation like her alleged killer, Akilov.

The psychologist and music enthusiast who played the flute was in Stockholm for a well-deserved break with friends from work.

'It is difficult for me to talk about her death,' a friend told local media. 'She played the flute and taught music to children'.

The mayor of Lembeek said: 'I met her several times. I know her parents very well. They are very nice people who have lived in Halle for a long time.'

Mr Pieters added: 'I'm shocked after each attack, but when you put a face on a victim and personally know her parents, it's even worse.'

Moment of contemplation: Passersby gathered in silence to look at the candles burning in memory of the dead at the scene of Friday's terror attack

Terror attack: As mourners gathered in contemplation in Stockholm, Russian news websites ran claims that the attacker had chatted to accomplices via WhatsApp before and after the attack

Messages of peace: A woman places a post-it note on an already covered window of a shop in Stockholm, Sweden. Among the dead is Chris Bevington, a Briton who worked for Spotify

Ms Dereymaeker was the second victim to be identified after Briton Crispin Bevington, 41, was named yesterday. An 11-year-old girl from Sweden was also among the dead.

Today, the fourth victim was reported as a woman from Uddevalla, a small town in western Sweden. A local newspaper contacted the alleged victim's family but they declined to comment.

As Sweden held a minute's silence for the victims, politicians demanded greater powers to monitor failed asylum seekers.

People whose applications for asylum have failed could be made to report to police stations in a crackdown on the estimated 12,000 migrants awaiting deportation from the country.

Workplace inspections could also be stepped up in a bid to root out those served with papers to leave Sweden and deported the back to their home countries.

The tough new measures are being demanded after it was revealed Akilove had been told to leave Sweden in December.

Floral tribute: A police car was garlanded in memorial flowers in the aftermath of the vicious attack that left four dead

Saddest display: In a stunning but heartbreakingly sad gesture of remembrance, a police van was garlanded in flowers, Swedish flags, candles and balloons

Like thousands of other failed asylum seekers he disappeared, and police admitted they had no idea where he was despite apparent sympathies to the IS terror cause bringing him to the attention of the country's security services.

According to figures from immigration officials there are up to 12,000 people in the country who should have been deported.

The Swedish Migration Board believes the figure will soar to 50,000 by the year 2021.

Latest figures from the Migration Board show that 24,000 people were deported last year after Sweden accepted 163,000 asylum seekers in 2015.

The number of people attempting to settle in Sweden last year dropped to just under 30,000 after the country turned its back on mass immigration.

'This is a wake up call for Sweden, ' said Paula Bieler, immigration spokesman for the Swedish Democrat Party.

'We now have to look into the possibility of giving the police more powers. It is outstanding in a bad way that we have 12,000 people in this country who have been told to leave and we don't know where they are.

Writing against terror: Messages of support for the victims and of defiance against the terrorists fill the board that covers the crash site, where the truck smashed into a department store

'The police should be given more powers. One way would to make the migrants reports to a police station on a regular basis. They could also have greater powers to carry out workplace inspections and deportations carried out.'

Bieler, and the leader of the Swedish Democrats Jimmie Akesson, want to see the Government take immediate action to deport failed asylum seekers back to their country of origin.

'We have agreements in place with these countries that they should be taken back. They have tried to gain asylum here and they have failed. They do not have the right to stay in this country,' said Bieler.

Akesson said it was a 'scandal' that the alleged killer had been allowed to remain in Stockholm.

Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Loven has already signaled a major shift in the country's liberal policy towards migrants saying those who have been told to leave should not be permitted to stay in the country.

'Everyone who has been denied a permit should return home, he said.

'This makes me feel enormously frustrated. If you have been denied a visa you are supposed to leave the country.'

Scene of terror: The route taken by the terror truck was filled with flowers and memorials over the weekend

Mourners look at candles and flowers left in memory of Friday's terror attack victims in Stockholm, Sweden

Sweden's prime minister, Stefan Löfven (pictured at a memorial in central Stockholm), has furiously demanded that illegal immigrants be sent home

The conservative government, under pressure from the far-right Swedish Democrats, pledged to return failed asylum seekers to their home countries.

The fact that the alleged Stockholm attacker was able to carry on living and working with police unaware of his whereabouts has angered the Swedish Democrats.

'It is terrible that it has taken the events in Stockholm to show the Prime Minister that there has to be change,' said Bieler.

'Even if there was not a single jihadist among those who have chosen to stay after being told to leave they should not be here.'