Footage of an interview with Usman Khan, the London Bridge attacker, has resurfaced in which he tells reporters "I ain't no terrorist".

Khan, who was a teenager at the time, was talking to BBC reporters outside his home in Stoke-on-Trent after anti-terror police raided his home in 2008.

He said: "I've been born and bred in England, in Stoke-On-Trent, in Cobridge, and all the community knows me and they will know, if you ask them, they will know like these labels what they're putting on us, like terrorist, this, that, they will know I ain't no terrorist.

Khan has been named by police as the terrorist who killed two and injured a number of others in central London on Friday.

Members of the public chased him down before Khan was shot and killed by armed police officers on London Bridge.

One of his victims was named today as Jack Merrett, a Cambridge University graduate had been running a prisoner rehabilitation conference attended by Khan.

Neighbours near his family home have expressed shock at Khan's actions.

Khan served eight years in prison after being found to be part of a terrorist hang plotting to blow up significant sites and figures in the UK, including the London Stock Exchange.

He was given an indeterminate sentence but the Court of Appeals later changed it to a 16-year term of which he served half that time.

The 28-year-old was released on licence 11 months ago and appeared to be complying with his conditions set by probation.

Residents living near a flat in Stafford believed to have been occupied by London Bridge attacker Usman Khan spoke of their shock as a police search continued at the property – and told how he was seen walking alone in the area.

Retired police officer Justin Lightfoot, who lives in a nearby street, said he instantly recognised Khan when a friend showed him a mugshot of the 28-year-old in a media report on Saturday morning.

Mr Lightfoot, who runs a gardening business, said he had never seen Khan, who was wearing Western clothing, carrying anything or walking with anyone else.

The local resident told the PA news agency: “The only thing I’ve seen is him just walking past my house.

“I’ve seen his picture this morning online and when I saw that obviously I recognised him. A friend showed me the picture and as soon as I saw it, I recognised him straight away.

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“It’s just frightening when somebody lives so close to you – you don’t know what’s going on so near to your home.”

Mr Lightfoot added: “I’ve seen him for probably the last three or four weeks. Whether he was there longer or not I don’t know.

“When I came home from work last night I saw the police here between half four and five o’clock. There was a couple of police cars, a police car across the road.

“I had this feeling it might be something to do with that (the London Bridge attack) and then when I heard it on the radio last night and it said Staffordshire and then Stafford… it’s just frightening.”

Other residents said they had seen police speaking to other residents of the three-story block of flats on Wolverhampton Road after officers sealed off the building.

Another resident, whose house overlooks the flats, said: “I’ve certainly seen police there before, but what for I’m not sure.

“I haven’t seen the man who lived there for at least a week or so.”

The attack has sparked furious debate among politicians who are vying to win the December 12 election.

Boris Johnson, current Prime Minister, has said he believes the system "simply isn't working".

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn called for a thorough investigation and said: "Clearly there's been a complete disaster. There's also a question about what the probation service were doing, were they involved at all?

"And whether the parole board should have been involved in deciding whether or not he should've been allowed to be released from prison in the first place."

The father of victim Mr Merrett has spoken out about the reaction so far, tweeting: "My son, Jack, was killed in this attack, would not wish his death to be used as the pretext for more draconian sentences or for detaining people unnecessarily."

Investigations continue however, Metropolitan Police assistant commissioner Neil Basu said officers have not yet uncovered any evidence to suggest Khan had accomplices.

A news agency associated with terrorist organisation ISIS has said the group has claimed Khan was one of its fighters.