'Jihadi Jack' wants to return to the UK because he misses his mum, Doctor Who and pasties
Play video Frequently referred to as "Jihadi Jack" by the British media, the 23-year-old Muslim convert has been held in a Kurdish prison in northern Syria for the past two years. He is charged with being a member of IS and was arrested on his way to Turkey. Now, he wants to return to Britain, but he says "no one cares" about him. Advertisement In an interview with ITV News, he said: "I miss people mostly. I miss my mum.
"You have this idea of 'why shouldn't it happen to them?'" While Letts is accused of journeying to Syria to fight alongside IS, his parents, John Letts and Sally Lane, have always maintained their son's innocence, saying he left his hometown of Oxford to help refugees in Syria. Letts' parents are charged with sending him money from the United Kingdom but have denied the charges of funding terrorism.
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