London - The parents of a Muslim convert known as Jihadi Jack sent him money in Syria even after he said he wanted to kill a former schoolfriend who was in the Army, a court heard on Thursday.
They sent £1 723 even though they had every reason to believe their son had joined Islamic State in Syria, the Old Bailey has been told. Two months later an old school friend, Linus Doubtfire, posted a picture on Facebook showing himself with other soldiers after they had passed a commando artillery course.
"I would happily kill each and every one of Linus’s unit personally. I honestly want to cut Linus’s head off. I hope he finds himself lost in Beji or Fallujah [cities in Iraq] one day and sees me whilst I’m armed and I put six bullets in his head." When told about this, Jack Letts responded angrily: "Please convey to the British police that I’m not planning on coming back to their broken country. Convey to them from me: Die in your rage soon you’ll be the ones being raided!" The court heard that the couple visited Dr Shiraz Maher, then deputy director of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation at King’s College London.
The Facebook post came before two of the attempted bank transfers on December 31, 2015, and January 4, 2106, the court heard. At one stage Jack Letts asked what would happen if he returned to the UK. His father told him: "You will be arrested if you come back to the UK, Jack, as you are suspected of being a member of a proscribed organisation."
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