Bethany: My Isis film pain

THE daughter of a British aid worker beheaded by Isis has told how she self-harmed after watching horrific footage of his execution.

Bethany Haines, 20, from Perthshire, turned 16 just days before hearing her dad David had been abducted in Syria.

He was murdered in Syria in September 2014 after being taken hostage by ISIS 18 months earlier.

The humanitarian aid worker’s murder hit the headlines after the terrorist group released the video of his execution being carried out by Jihadi John — a British citizen whose real name was Mohammed Emwazi. Her father’s executioner was later killed in a drone attack.

After being told by friends and strangers that they had watched the brutal footage of his death, Bethany decided to watch if for herself.

She was outraged that her dad’s privacy was violated by people she knew, and others she didn’t, viewing the images of his death.

Despite the horror of the footage, she admitted that it was nice to hear her dad’s voice one last time.

Traumatised and struggling to cope, she turned to drink and started to secretly cut herself and burn herself with a lighter.

She said: “Sometimes I’d cut myself in secret, thinking about the torture my dad must have been through because I needed to know how he’d felt.”

Bethany’s pain was eased by the birth of her son Aiden in 2015. She said: “He has the same blue eyes and blonde hair as dad. It makes me feel I have a bit of him back.”