John Letts and Sally Lane accused of sending money to their son Jack Letts who is claimed to have joined Islamic State

The parents of a Muslim convert known as “Jihadi Jack” who allegedly sent money to their son in Isis-held territory in Iraq are to stand trial accused of funding terrorism.

John Letts, 55, and Sally Lane, 54, of Oxford, have been accused of sending £1,723 to their son Jack Letts, 20, who is claimed to have joined Islamic State.



Appearing in the dock at the Old Bailey on Thursday, the couple were told by Mr Justice Saunders that they would stand trial on 9 January 2017. They were both released on conditional bail.

Lane and Letts are charged with three counts of terror funding by allegedly sending their son £223 on 2 September last year, £1,000 on 31 December and £500 on 4 January 2016. Lane is charged with two further counts of allegedly attempting to send two payments of £500 on 4 January 2016.

Jack Letts was suspected of being the first white Briton to join Isis after he left his Oxford home and travelled to Syria in 2014 before moving on to Iraq. The 20-year-old reportedly goes by the name Abu Mohammed and lives with his Iraqi wife and his son, Muhammed, in the war-torn city of Fallujah.