Jail time for Scouse extremist who ‘wanted to look like a Syrian’

A balding white Muslim extremist who gelled his thinning locks to ‘look Syrian’  is facing jail. Liverpudlian Ismael Watson, 27, formerly known as Jack, grew to loathe Britain after he was radicalised online. He flew to Turkey and tried to cross the border into the war-torn country between 1 January 2016 and 23 February this year. Watson was intercepted by Turkish authorities and deported to the UK after vowing to carry out terrorist atrocities during encrypted chats with undercover MI5…