DEPRAVED Parsons Green bomber Ahmed Hassan lied about his age so he could stay in the UK to exploit the "generosity" of the system.

The Iraqi asylum seeker claimed he was just 16 when he entered the UK illegally via Calais in 2015 after telling officials he had been kidnapped by ISIS.

6 Asylum seeker Ahmed Hassan told a mentor that he was obliged to 'hate Britain' after his dad's death Credit: Duncan Gardham

CCTV of moment Mother of Satan bomb exploded at Parsons Green tube station

Caging him for at least 34 years yesterday over the bomb blast that injured 51 people, Mr Justice Haddon-Cave said he was satisfied the terrorist had lied about his age.

He said: "I'm satisfied that you lied about your date of birth on your arrival to glean the special privileges accorded to children entering the UK.

"I'm satisfied that you're older than 18 but sentence you on the basis you are no older than 21.

"You cynically exploited to the full the generosity and naivety of the system and those looking after and helping you."

6 Ahmed Hassan plotted the terror attack Credit: PA:Press Association

The full story of how the Parsons Green Tube explosion terror attack unfolded

"Dangerous and devious" Hassan injured 51 people when he tried to blow up a packed Tube train with a Mother of Satan bomb in September.

The jihadi left left the explosive device packed in a bucket with 2.2kg of screwdrivers, knives, nuts and bolts on the busy train.

The teen wanted to cause "maximum carnage" to avenge the death of his father, who was blown up in Iraq more than 10 years before, and believed it was his "duty to hate Britain".

He tried claiming he only wanted to make a fire to fulfil a "fugitive fantasy" to be chased across Europe by Interpol in a warped desire inspired by watching Tom Cruise in the Mission Impossible films.

6 The 18-year-old was charged in connection with the Parsons Green Tube terror attack Credit: PA:Press Association

But jurors saw through his lies and he was convicted of attempted murder of 93 people and using a chemical to cause the blast.

Traumatised victims yesterday spoke of their "nightmares" ahead of the bomber's sentencing at the Old Bailey.

Lucinda Glazebrook suffered superficial burns to her face and hands and has PTSD following the explosion.

In a victim impact statement read to the Old Bailey, she said: "I view myself as a changed person. I believed I was going to die."

Lucinda revealed she is plagued by disturbing images of the bomb exploding and the face of Hassan.

She added: "When this happens I feel frightened and experience physical reactions including palpitations and breathlessness."

6 Hassan was taken in by foster parents Penny and Ron Jones MBE Credit: Facebook

Others told how they now fear using public transport in a series of harrowing statements read to the court.

Aimee Colville said: "This incident has impacted on me emotionally, I always think every day is the last day."

Stephen Nash told how he has been unable to use the tube or visit London again adding: "I believed I was going to die."

While Daniel Prieto revealed his life has been changed "completely" as he explained he hasn't been able to return to Parsons Green.

The attack was a betrayal to the kind-hearted foster parents who had taken the teen in, with Penny and Ron Jones MBE on holiday in Blackpool as Hassan began to plot the attack.

Mr and Mrs Jones, who did not give evidence, had contacted social services amid "significant concerns" for his mental health during that summer.

But it was while they were away that teen Hassan assembled the ingredients for homemade explosives in his bedroom in Sunbury, Surrey.

6 Forensic officers at the scene of the attack at Parsons Green tube station on September 15 Credit: AFP

The teen used his student of the year award of a £20 Amazon voucher to buy one of the key chemicals for his bomb online, leaving the explosive on the District Line train to Wimbledon.

The teen then got off one stop before the bomb exploded.

While the device failed to properly detonate, dozens of people were injured suffering facial burns after the explosion.

Hassan meanwhile "calmly" boarded a bus, removed the sim card from his phone and put it in his mouth and chewed it before stuffing it down the side of the seat.

He then binned the phone and fled to Dover, where he was arrested the next day.

CCTV of Parsons Green bomb suspect Ahmed Hassan wearing Chelsea shirt

6 The attack took place in west London

Parsons Green bomb accused Ahmed Hassan destroys mobile phone with chemicals, hammer and oven in homemade video released by Met Police

The court heard Hassan told Home Office officials he was trained by Islamic State "to kill" after he arrived in Britain in the back of a lorry in 2015.

It has since emerged he was referred to the ­Government’s anti-terror programme three times but its deradicalisation team failed to see him.

Hassan was never assigned a mentor despite spending 20 months on Prevent’s radar.

Commander Dean Haydon, head of Scotland Yard's Counter Terrorism Command, said Hassan kept his plans a secret from Prevent workers in Surrey.

TIMELINE OF TERROR October 2015: Hassan arrives in the UK via the Channel Tunnel and applies for asylum with no documentation.

January 18, 2016: He claims in an immigration interview he was "forced" to go with ISIS and that they had trained him to kill. A charity worker for Barnado's contacts Prevent, the government's anti-terrorism campaign, and the Counter Terrorism Unit.

April 2016: Hassan is placed with his foster family in Sunbury and sent to Brooklands College by Surrey Social Services where begins a media course to be like "David Attenborough".

August 2016: His lecturer Katie Cable contacts Prevent after seeing a WhatsApp message on his phone saying :"IS has accepted your donation." He also tells her it was his "duty to hate Britain".

June 2017: Hassan is named student of the year at Brooklands College - winning a £20 Amazon voucher.

August 26, 2017: He uses this to buy five litres of chemicals and later picks it up from a friend's house in a Lidl bag.

September 3, 2017: Hassan's foster parents go away to Blackpool for the week and he uses the opportunity to plot his attack, buying another key ingredient for his bomb.

September 14, 2017: Hassan goes to Asda in Feltham to buy nails for the bomb before visiting Katie Cable to give her a gift.

September 15, 2017: The teen leaves home at 7am and travels to Wimbledon where he sets a timer for the device in a toilet. At 8.17am, he gets off the Tube at Putney Bridge station and the bomb partially detonates three minutes later with 93 people on board.

September 16, 2017: Hassan is arrested at Dover port and admits planting the bomb that injured 51 people.

March 16, 2018: The terrorist is convicted of attempted murder and using a chemical to cause and explosion likely to endanger life.

March 23, 2018: Hassan is sentenced to life with a minimum of 34 years.

The officer said: "I describe Hassan as an intelligent and articulate individual that is devious and cunning in equal measures.

"On the one hand he was appearing to engage with the (Prevent) programme but he kept secret what he was planning and plotting. We describe him as a lone actor."

On the bomb's potential, he said: "It was only through good fortune that it only partially exploded. If it had, without a doubt we would have been dealing with many fatalities."

Hassan's foster parents have since apologised to victims and said they no idea" that their foster son was making the homemade explosive.

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Penny, a retired prison worker who with Ron has fostered 269 children and nine refugees including Hassan, said: "He was a lovely young lad, very caring towards us.

"When we went shopping he'd get the bags so I wouldn't have to unpack them, so I wouldn't have to bend down."

She added: "They said he could have taken the whole block down, I feel so sorry for anyone who got hurt and especially those ladies who got burned. "

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