A former member of the self-styled 'Muslim Patrols' which enforced Sharia law on the streets of London has apologised for his actions and blamed the internet for radicalising him,

Jordan Horner was part of an radical gang who patrolled east London in 2012 and 2013 harassing couples holding hands, women whose clothes they disapproved of and people drinking alcohol.

But after he was released from prison, Horner has now apologised to his victims and says he has turned his back on extremism.

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Jordan Horner, who was jailed for taking part in Sharia law patrols, says he is now a more moderate Muslim

Horner and two others drove around Bethnal Green in December 2012 and January 2013, confronting anyone whose actions they thought offended their religion.

They used a car to block the path of one couple until they stopped holding hands, attacked a group of men who were drinking and shouted 'slag' at a woman walking with her boyfriend.

All three were jailed in 2013 with Horner admitting assault and of using threatening words and behaviour.

After being released from prison on licence and working with an anti-extremism group, he now says he regrets his actions.

He told Sky News: 'Now I've moved away from that and I've studied my faith correctly and I understand that these are the type of actions that are completely incorrect.'

Horner said he spent his young life 'smoking cannabis, drinking alcohol and clubbing' before converting to Islam.

He revealed he became radicalised by watching speeches of hate preachers over the internet

He said he would watch hate preachers lectures online and decided to 'implement his understanding on wider society.'

He added: 'Through the internet, lectures online, reading certain books, and learning from certain individuals... it convinced me to go out in public and do these things as a propagation of my faith.'

Horner has been working with the Unity Initiative, an organisation run by campaigner and martial arts trainer Usman Raja to help radicals become more tolerant.

The scheme visits extremists in prison and elsewhere and brings them in contact with Muslim scholars who promote peace rather than violence.

Horner added: 'In prison I really had time to think and reflect... I sort of started to understand the wider aspect of my religion, not just what I had taken for myself.'