Nadja Ensink, with her husband Dr Jeroen Ensink, on holiday

Jeroen Ensink was stabbed to death by “psychotic” Femi Nandap outside his home in December 2015.

When he was attacked he was on his way to post cards announcing the birth of his daughter, Fleur, 11 days earlier.

His widow Nadja is angry that killers and rapists get help from the public purse while her pleas for assistance have been rejected.

Among the offenders given legal aid are cab rapist John Worboys and Michael Adebolajo, who murdered soldier Lee Rigby, both inset right.

Nadja told the Daily Star Sunday: “I am absolutely furious.

“The police have a full legal team, the CPS have a full legal team, both of them funded by the public purse.

“I’ve been the one paying taxes, I am the injured party, and I’m not getting legal aid.

“I have felt totally on my own.”

Her husband’s killer, Nandap, 24, admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.

He was given an indefinite hospital order in October 2016. It later emerged the Nigerian student whose visa had expired, had knife and assault charges against him dropped six days before the killing.

Police file handout photo of Lee Rigby's killers Michael Adebolajo (left) and Michael Adebowale

The inquest, which will start tomorrow, will look into whether the authorities could have done more to prevent the killing. The outcome will be decided by a jury.

Nadja added: “My hope for the inquest is to know what contact Nandap had with the police and what could have been done to prevent what happened.

“What did the police do? Could more have been done?” Nadja, 38, is paying for legal representation at the inquest after she started a CrowdJustice fundraising appeal which has so far raised almost £59,000 of its £75,000 target.

She and daughter Fleur, now two-and-a-half, moved back to the Netherlands to be closer to family. But Nadja faced a further blow when her mother died earlier this year.

She said; “Raising a child on your own is really difficult. But raising it as a widow is a whole different story.

“You can’t share anything with anyone. You’re doing everything on your own.”

Nadja said Jeroen, an academic at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicinec, is still part of Fleur’s life.

She said: “Fleur knows full well who her father is, he is a massive part of her life and will always be.”

If you want to donate to Nadja’s crowdfunding page visit crowdjustice.com/case/ justice-for-jeroen-ensink.