The marriage did not last and Ms Malik now lives in Greater Manchester.

A relative of Ms Malik said Ajao had been "very violent" towards her and "controlling in every aspect of her life".

“He was a psychopath and I mean that in the very medical definition of the word. He came from a nice family, had everything, but there was something very wrong with him," the family member said.

At one stage she reportedly fled their home with just her clothes and stayed with friends out of fear. She is now believed to have remarried

Ajao maintained contact with his daughters especially his youngest Andi, who at the age of 16 would suffer terrible injuries when hit by a lorry as she crossed the road on her way to school in 2008. It seems remarkable – given what would happen almost a decade later on Westminster Bridge –but Ajao would spend hours at his daughter’s bedside, praying for her recovery.