'Jihadi Jack's' mum Sally Lane blames his 'chaotic' Oxford childhood
The mother of an Oxford youngster who became a suspected fighter known as 'Jihadi Jack' has spoken out.
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The mother of an Oxford youngster who became a suspected fighter known as 'Jihadi Jack' has spoken out.
In an autobiography, Sally Lane (pictured with her son), 60, has penned that she wonders if her 'over liberal' parenting style influenced Jack Letts' decision to travel to the Middle East to join ISIS.
Sally Lane reveals to The Telegraph how her son was turned into an unlikely poster boy for one of the most brutal terror groups in history
In the fall of 2014, Sally Lane’s son called to tell her he was in Syria. Eighteen years old at the time, Jack Letts was a recent convert to Islam and, according to Lane, idealistic and misguided. After he was accused of being a member of the Islamic State group (ISIS) and given the name
The jealousy the man felt "served as an impetus for his unlawful behavior," the court's verdict read.