Mother of dead Jihadist sad but relieved that son is dead

October 12, 2015 10:16 PM

Evans left his home in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, in 2011 to fight alongside the al-Shabaab terror group in Somalia.

Sally Evans, sad but relieved that late son who was a British Jihadist was dead

The mother of a deceased British jihadi has expressed her relief over the death of her son, saying that he cannot hurt anyone, anymore.

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Thomas Evans, has told of how her 'shy and gentle boy' turned into the monster who 'murdered Christians and torched churches'.

She says she is glad he is dead and believes he is “burning in hell” for his crimes.

In an interview with the Sunday Times, his mother, Sally, 57, said:

"I respected his right to be a Muslim... but eventually he stopped respecting my right to be secular and repeatedly told his brother and I we were destined for hell unless we converted to Islam."

In a phone call with his worried mother, he told her that he had married a young girl who was '13 or 14' and did not speak English.

'He gave her family an old cow so he could marry her. But at least he's happy. I wish I could say the same, but I can't. I'm heartbroken for him and for this young girl,' Sally Evans wrote in her diary on Christmas Eve 2012.

She was horrified that her son, who once made mudpies in their back garden, thought it was okay to 'murder innocent men, women and children out shopping'.

In January this year, she received a phone call from Evans' wife, Sudea who asked for money.

She refused on the grounds that she did not want to be seen to support terrorism.

Sally found out about his death on twitter after a bloodied picture of him and other terrorists was posted.

She commented saying:

'Imagine discovering the death of your child on Twitter and being both devastated and relieved at the same time.

'Devastated because the child you brought into this world was killed after being brainwashed into pursuing a murderous cause. But relieved because the death of your child meant that he could no longer harm innocent people.'

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When Sally called Sudea to see how she was dealing with his death, she was shocked to hear her say she was 'happy' because he 'died a martyr fighting for what he believes in'.