‘I was an enemy of Britain’: Jihadi Jack admits it was a ‘mistake’ to join ISIS but says he thought he was ‘going to something better’ – as he gives new interview from Kurdish jail filmed before his parents were found guilty of sending him cash
- Jack Letts, 23, known as Jihadi Jack, is currently languishing in a Kurdish jail cell
- A shocking new interview has revealed his motivations for joining ISIS in Syria
- He also said he had been ready to carry out a suicide attack with a van for ISIS
- The revelations come as his parents were today found guilty of funding terrorism
Jihadi Jack has admitted he was an ‘enemy of Britain’ and had been ready to carry out a suicide attack on behalf of ISIS, in a shocking new interview.
Jack Letts, 23, is currently languishing in a Kurdish jail after travelling from his home in Oxford to join ISIS.
He gave the interview in October but it has only now been released, following the conclusion of his parents’ trial.
Letts revealed how he joined ISIS because he thought he was ‘going to something better’.
He also said that he had wanted to carry out a suicide attack by using a car.
Today, John Letts, 58, and Sally Lane, 57, were found guilty of funding terrorism by sending their Muslim convert son £223.
Jack Letts has given a shocking new interview where he admits he was was ready to carry out a suicide attack for ISIS
In the BBC interview, Letts admitted: ‘If I was a member of the British public, I wouldn’t give me a second chance probably.’
He also spoke about why he joined the terror group, claiming: ‘I thought it was some sort of morality actually at the time.
Jack Letts, also known as Jihadi Jack, in Raqqa
‘Why do I have this nice life, and others don’t? And then, on top of that, the idea of it being an Islamic state and it’s actually your duty to do this.
‘I think it was probably just a very emotionally-driven period of my life. I’m just glad that I didn’t die.’
Speaking about a potential suicide attack, he said: ‘I used to want to at one point, believe it or not.
‘Not a vest. I wanted to do it in a car. I said if there’s a chance, I will do it.’
Letts, who suffers from obsessive compulsive disorder, is currently believed to be imprisoned by militia in northern Iraq.
He also admitted in the interview that he was a poster boy for ISIS.
Letts even admitted that he ‘loved’ living in the IS-stronghold of Raqqa but ran away in 2017 because the terror group were killing Muslims.
‘I didn’t have a full plan. I thought I’d just get to Turkey and ring my mum, and just be like ”I want to meet you somehow”.
The shocking revelations comes as his parents were found guilty of funding terrorism by sending him money in Syria.
Organic farmer John Letts and former Oxfam fundraising officer Sally Lane refused to believe their 18-year-old son Jack had become a dangerous extremist when they allowed him to travel to Syria.
The couple, from Oxford, ignored repeated warnings he had joined Islamic State in the war-torn country and tried to send him cash despite being told not to three times by police, their trial at the Old Bailey heard.
Letts claims in the interview that he joined ISIS during an ’emotionally-driven’ time in his life
John and Sally Letts are pictured with their solicitor Tayab Ali outside the Old Bailey in London this afternoon as they read an emotional statement following their convictions for funding terrorism