One of two Moroccan-born extremists who murdered innocent victims at London Bridge was refused asylum in Britain eight years ago, it emerged today. Rachid Redouane's claims he was a refugee were rejected in 2009 but he carried on living in the UK after marrying Briton Charisse O'Leary in Ireland in 2012. The couple later became estranged when she refused to convert to Islam or impose his faith on their daughter Amina, now aged one. Today it was revealed that he tried to stop the little girl watching television in case it 'made her gay' and tried to prevent her eating pork or going to dance classes as he exerted control on his estranged family. Friends said Ms O'Leary, 38, 'hated' her husband whom she accused of beating and bullying her during their turbulent months together, and she had recently moved to a housing unit for vulnerable mothers. The Moroccan-born former pastry chef, 30, died in a hail of bullets with a fake bomb belt strapped to his waist and an Irish ID card in his pocket after his gang's murderous attack on Saturday night.