Tri-Service

British Soldier-Turned Jihadi Jailed

An ex-soldier has been jailed for 18 years for trying to buy guns, after allegedly being thwarted from taking his family to join Daesh.

Muslim convert Gavin Rae, 36, was brought back to the UK in July 2015, along with his wife and children, after being denied entry to Turkey, which neighbours war-torn Syria.

Four months later he was arrested by armed officers in a hotel room in Crewe, Cheshire, for attempting to buy pistols and machine guns in a police sting.