'Extreme views and body odour': School staff urged to tackle 'smelly' Westminster terrorist Khalid Masood's worrying habits by parents at the school gates 

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Westminster terror attacker Khalid Masood, 52, died after he was gunned down by police on Wednesday outside Parliament

Parents at the school where London killer Khalid Masood dropped his children off each day urged staff to address his poor hygiene, it has been claimed.

On Wednesday the 52-year-old mowed down three members of the public and stabbed hero police officer Keith Palmer to death outside the Houses of Parliament.

The Muslim convert, who was born Adrian Elms in Kent, alarmed fellow parents at Brookfields Primary School in Birmingham, with his extreme views and body odour, a mother has revealed.

Sabrina Hussain said she did not allow her eight-year-old daughter to visit Masood's youngest child at home because the extremist sent 'a shiver down her spine'.

She said: 'I just can't believe my daughter was friend's with a serial killer's daughter.'

She said Masood's family had moved to London, supposedly to look after an elderly relative, and she was shocked that he carried out the killings.

The mother continued: 'There was always something not quite right about him. He would never look me in the eye and spoke only to Muslim men.

Khalid Masood (pictured, centre, in red top) pictured in the 1990s taking part in a tug-of-war in Northian in West Sussex

Masood, fourth from left in back row, was a popular athlete in his school days in Tunbridge Wells

Parents at Brookfields Primary School in Birmingham voiced concerns about Masood months before his rampage, which claimed four innocent lives on Wednesday

Sabrina Hussain said Masood sent a 'chill' down her spine whenever she went anywhere near him

'He was really strange. He was like "I am a proper Muslim, and I will speak to no woman".

'Maybe he didn't like me because I was a Westernised Asian girl. Whenever I stood anywhere near him a chill went down my spine.

'That's why I would never allow my daughter to go round there and play. I just knew there wasn't something quite right.'

She stated: 'One time he said to my daughter "Mariam speaks about you all the time, you will have to come round to play". But he didn't utter a word to me, he just ignored me.

Masood's friends have now claimed he frequently got high on drugs including crack cocaine and acid

'He was just inviting a nine-year-old girl to his house without talking to that girl's mum, which I found really strange.'

Her daughter was due to go to a party at Masood's home, but changed her mind. She said: 'Call it mother's intuition, or whatever you like, but I just knew there was something not right with him and I didn't want my daughter there.

'I told her the party had been cancelled and drove home - my daughter was gutted but I just didn't feel comfortable taking her there.'

After seeing what had happened, she said: 'When I saw what he did, it left me chilled to the bone.

'It is absolutely terrifying - especially when that evil was on your own doorstep the whole time.'

According to the Sun, his former landlady Cassie Havard, kicked him out after he spent thousands of pounds on hookers.

She said: 'He wasn’t a proper Muslim. He s*****d prostitutes, smoked copious amounts of crack and stuck knives in people’s faces.

'He was a madman. After one four-day crack session, one druggie pal got paranoid and accused him of being an undercover cop.

Metropolitan policeman Keith Palmer (left), Mother-of-two Aysha Frade (centre) and US tourist Kurt Cochran (right) have been named as victims of the attack

Masood killed four people when his car mounted the pavement on Westminster Bridge before attacking PC Keith Palmer in a knife attack outside Parliament

It comes as it has also emerged that Masood funded his rampage with taxpayer money, as the 52-year-old was living on benefits.

The Daily Star Sunday reports that police are now probing claims he was a serial benefits cheat, claiming hundreds a month in housing benefits and income support.

Masood's drive of terror began at approximately 2.40pm on March 22 when he used a rented Hyundai to mow down pedestrians on the Westminster Bridge before ploughing the car into the Carriage Gates of Parliament.

He then got out of the car and ran towards the House, stabbing PC Keith Palmer on the way, who died of his injuries.

Four people have died, excluding the attacker, including PC Palmer, Londoner Leslie Rhodes, 75, US tourist Kurt Cochran, 54, and mother-of-two Aysha Frade, 43.