Aine Lesley Davis

Aine Lesley Davis (born 11 February 1984), also known as Jihadi Paul, is a British convert to Islam who was convicted in a Turkish court of being a member of a terrorist group while serving as a fighter for the ISIL.

Davis was married to Amal El-Wahabi, who was born in the United Kingdom to parents of Moroccan origin. She attended Holland Park Comprehensive. El-Wahabi and Davis met at her mosque's daycare, when they were 19 years old. The pair had two children together.

He is thought to have left the United Kingdom for Syria in July 2013. The friend was later acquitted. Messages on El-Wahabi's mobile phone between herself and Davis, were used by the prosecution to argue that El-Wahabi should have realized Davis was involved in militancy,

Prosecution Turkish capture and conviction Davis was captured by Turkish security officials, in Istanbul, on 12 November 2015. from Turkey to the United Kingdom. Upon arrival at Luton Airport, he was arrested by the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command and taken into custody under various sections of the Terrorism Act 2000. On 11 August 2022, he was charged under sections 15, 17 and 57 of the Terrorism Act 2000 and remanded into custody.

On 10 March 2023, Davis appeared at the Old Bailey for his plea hearing on charges of possessing a firearm "for a purpose connected with the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism" and two charges of funding terrorism. Entering a plea of "not guilty", he was remanded into custody by Judge Mark Lucraft KC pending a further hearing on 18 April 2023.

On 16 October 2023, Davis appeared in court again, where he pleaded guilty to all three charges. On 13 November 2023, Davis was sentenced to 8 years in prison, consisting of 6 years for the firearms charge and 2 years for the fundraising charges. He was further sentenced to 2 years on licence once his prison term is up.