Captured British jihadi’s plea to face justice in the UK

Around 950 IS family members fled Ayn Issa Camp over the weekend and fighters have escaped from Navkur Prison following Turkey’s military blitz.

Scores of Ankara-backed rebels are now believed to have jihadist links to IS and want to spring prisoners.

A British security source said: “This is a serious reversal of fortunes for IS after so much blood was spilled defeating them over years. Their leaders are emboldened and this will not only spark anarchy across a briefly peaceful region but embolden IS to start planning atrocities across Europe once more.”

It came as reports claimed Turkish forces had shelled a convoy of aid workers, journalists and civilians at the JIHADI Alexanda Kotey troops JAILED British jihadist Alexanda Kotey is using the Lee Rigby murder to argue he should face justice in the UK and avoid tough treatment in the United States.

Kotey – a pal of Islamic State executioner Jihadi John – wants a who ON RISK FROM PRISON BREAKS “soft option” British cell like Mr Rigby’s killers Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale.

The Londoner and fellow IS fighter El Shafee Elsheikh have been plucked from a north-east Syria prison by Americans and taken into custody at a secret facility in Iraq.

Kotey, who has had his British citizenship removed, told the Daily Mirror during a jail interview in Syria weeks ago: “I am British and remain British. There are people who are convicted of beheading a British soldier on the streets of the UK who are serving time in a British prison.

“If I am accused of a crime that concerns the UK then it should be likewise.”