'The angels' told me to go to Syria, terror accused tells UK court

A former gifted student has denied trying to become an Islamic State fighter and told jurors he only wanted to go to Syria to exorcise "jinns".

'The angels' told me to go to Syria, terror accused tells UK court

A former gifted student has denied trying to become an Islamic State fighter and told jurors he only wanted to go to Syria to exorcise "jinns".

Avid computer gamer and straight A student Mubashir Jamil, 22, was allegedly radicalised from surfing the web and became obsessed with images of "martyrdom".

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