{UAH} 'Jihadi Jack' parents guilty of funding terrorism

Mayimuna /Ikanos/ Gwokto/ Pink/ Simon Peter Peter Okurut,

Your fellow Canadian citizens John Letts and Sally Lane, the parents of suspected Isis executioner Jihadi Jack,  have just been convicted of terrorism at the Old Bailey in London.. The court  however was lenient with them, and took into account the suffering they have gone through and the fact that John Letts has suffered a mental breakdown as a result of his ordeal . The court gave the pair a sentence of 15 months but suspended it, so they will not serve it. The Canadian government refused to support its citizens throughout the trial, and it is not known what will now happen to them, whether they will seek to return to a heartless country that disowned them, or continue to live in the UK

Bobby

'Jihadi Jack' parents guilty of funding terrorism

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Image copyrightPAImage captionJohn Letts and Sally Lane were found guilty of sending their son £223 while he was in Syria, despite concerns he had joined Islamic State.

The parents of a Muslim convert dubbed "Jihadi Jack" have been found guilty of funding terrorism.

John Letts, 58, and Sally Lane, 57, from Oxford, sent their son £223 in 2015 while he was in Syria despite concerns he had joined Islamic State.

An Old Bailey jury found the couple not guilty of sending him a further £1,000 and could not reach a verdict on a third charge of funding terrorism.

The pair each received 15 months, suspended for 12 months.

Muslim convert Jack Letts left his home in Oxford at 18 for Jordan and Kuwait for study and tourism.

In March 2015, police warned the couple they risked prosecution if they sent their son money.

Then in September, Lane transferred money to an account in Lebanon after Jack Letts insisted it had "nothing to do with jihad".

She told him: "I would go to prison for you if I thought it gave you a better chance of actually reaching your 25th birthday."

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Jack's parents "turned a blind eye to the obvious" and sent their son money, prosecutor Alison Morgan QC said.

"Saying they wanted to help Jack is not a defence.

"They had every reason to expect the worst; they just in fact did not want to hear the truth."

She added Letts and Lane were repeatedly told by "numerous police officers" not to send any money.

Image captionJack Letts was dubbed "Jihadi Jack" after he travelled to Syria in 2014

Jurors heard that in July 2015 Jack spoke about wanting to decapitate a former school friend on social media.

Linus Doubtfire posted a picture on Facebook as he completed his Commando Artillery Course in the British Army.

Jack then posted: "I would love to perform a martyrdom operation in this scene."

Image copyrightFACEBOOKImage captionJurors saw messages sent from Jack Letts's Facebook account, which raised concerns he had joined Islamic State

During the trial the court heard the parents consulted an academic expert, who said it was "highly improbable" Jack had not engaged in military activity.

Jurors also heard Lane sent a message to her son which said it was "naive of us to believe" Jack was not a fighter in Syria.

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• Islamic State group
• Syria

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