Exclusive: Homesick ‘Jihadi Jack’ wants to return to UK but 'no one cares' about him | ITV News
The Briton known as Jihadi Jack has exclusively told ITV News he wants to come home after being held for two years in a Kurdish prison - but doubts the UK will move to bring him back.
Oxford-born Jack Letts, who was nicknamed Jihadi Jack by media after running away to Syria in 2014, said he was missing his mum and the home comforts of British life, including pasties and episodes of Doctor Who.
The British-Canadian spoke to ITV News Security Editor Rohit Kachroo from his prison in Syria, where he has been held after being charged by the YPG with being a member of Isis.
"If the UK accepted me then I’d go back to the UK, it’s my home. But I don’t think that’s going to happen," he said in the wide-ranging interview.
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