Nine years for IT consultant who wanted martyrdom

An IT consultant who flew business class to Syria to become a martyr in the civil war was jailed for nine years. Isa Giga, 32, emailed his devastated family saying he hoped to die for jihad. Giga, who worked for technology company ANS, told his family he was going to Birmingham but had actually quit his job and travelled to Syria via Turkey. He then emailed them saying where he had gone and that he hoped to become a martyr…