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'Jihadi Jack': Parents of Isis suspect remanded in custody over terror funding claims

Jack Letts, dubbed 'Jihadi Jack', was suspected of joining Isis after he left his home in Oxford and travelled to Syria last year

Alexandra Sims
Thursday 09 June 2016 23:29 BST
Jack Letts, in a picture he posted on Facebook, near the Tabqa Dam in Syria
Jack Letts, in a picture he posted on Facebook, near the Tabqa Dam in Syria (Facebook)

The parents of a British Muslim convert, believed to have travelled to Syria to join Isis, have been remanded in custody after being charged with terrorism offences.

Jack Letts, dubbed “Jihadi Jack”, was suspected of joining Isis after he left his home in Oxford and travelled to Syria last year aged 18.

Now 20, Letts was most recently reported to be going by the name Abu Mohammed, having married an Iraqi woman with whom he has a son, Muhammed.

The South East Counter Terrorism Unit (Sectu) confirmed earlier this month that it had charged John Letts, a leading organic farmer and baker, and Sally Lane with making money available for a terrorist purpose.

John Letts, 55, and Sally Lane, 54, of Chilswell Road, Oxford, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Thursday charged with funding terrorism by sending money to their son.

The pair were charged with three counts of arranging the availability of property or money to another person knowing or having reasonable cause to suspect it could be used for the purpose of terrorism.

It is alleged the pair transferred £223 on 2 September 2015, £1,000 on 31 December 2015 and £500 on 4 January this year.

Lane is charged of two further counts of attempting to provide money or property knowing or having reasonable cause to suspect it could be used for the purpose of terrorism.

The court heard how she allegedly attempted to send two payments of £500 on 4 January 2016.

Both pleaded not guilty to the charges and have been kept in custody until their next appearance at the Old Bailey on 23 June.

Additional reporting by Press Association

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