One of the Islamic State “Beatles” could be back on UK streets within days after being freed from a Turkish jail.
Aine Davis, 38, is due to be deported from Istanbul next Saturday after serving seven-and-a-half years for terrorism offences.
Davis, known as Jihadi Paul, was one of the terror gang that tortured and beheaded 27 hostages in Syria including British aid workers David Haines and Alan Henning in 2014.
It is unclear whether UK prosecutors will be able to charge Davis, from Hammersmith, West London.
He may walk free under a “terrorism prevention and investigation measure”, which would restrict his movements, limit who he can associate with and track him using an electronic tag.
He is likely to face intensive questioning by detectives and MI5 officers on arrival about his activities and associates.
Mr Henning’s brother Reg said Britain should deny him entry.
Reg, of Bury, Greater Manchester, added: “He’s British when it suits him. He left to join Islamic State but is thinking, ‘I’ll go back to Britain because they’re nice and soft’.”
Davis was convicted of being an ISIS member in 2017, two years after his arrest in Istanbul. He denied being in the group, claiming he had been in Syria for aid work.
At the time he was the subject of an Interpol red notice after wife Amal el-Wahabi was jailed here for 28 months for trying to send him €20,000.
His link to that case means he could be prosecuted for preparing acts of terror abroad, which can lead to life in jail.
Beatles chief Mohammed Emwazi, dubbed Jihadi John, was killed by a US drone in Raqqa, Syria, in 2015.
The others, Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh, are in a US jail after Kurdish forces caught them.
