The ex-boyfriend of a Scots jihadi bride who fled to Syria to join IS has been jailed for six years for terror offences.

Adeel Ulhaq, 21, from Nottinghamshire, and two other young men were found guilty at the Old Bailey of playing their part in the plan to get 17-year-old Aseel Muthana to Syria.

Ulhaq, Kristen Brekke and Forhad Rahman were all involved in a plan to get Muthana, who was just 17 when he left home in Cardiff on February 21, 2014 to join the ranks of Islamic State, out of the UK and into Syria.

During the trial, Ulhaq told the jury he had considered going to Syria himself to bring home his ex-girlfriend, Aqsa Mahmood, from Glasgow, who had gone as a jihadi bride and proceeded to tweet IS propaganda.

Rahman and Ulhaq were sentenced to five years for the preparation of terrorist acts, with Ulhaq receiving a further 12 months for terrorism funding. Brekke was jailed for four and a half years.

Mahmood went to Syria to join IS in 2013 and is thought to be a key figure in the al-Khanssaa brigade, a female police brigade in Raqqa. It was established by IS to enforce Sharia law.

She has also used social media to recruit and support the terror group and says she would rather die in Syria than return home to her family in Glasgow.

Mahmood fled her home and university education in the city to join jihadists in Syria and has taken up a senior role in the terrorist organisation's all-women police brigade.

Ulhaq insisted he believed Muthana was going for humanitarian reasons and not to fight for Isis, the court heard.

Prosecutor Annabel Darlow QC had told jurors that all three defendants shared the same "highly radical ideology" and support for waging war in Syria.

Two of the defendants, Rahman and Ulhaq, were part of a network of friends online who were committed to the violent struggle.

Judge Rebecca Poulet QC said as she jailed them: "These acts of preparation were clear and determined and in my judgment they suggested certainly you, Rahman and Ulhaq were waiting in the wings to assist anyone ready to travel to Syria."

All three defendants played different roles in their mission to help Muthana achieve his goal to reach Syria and all but Brekke expressed a desire to follow suit, the court heard.

Rahman was key in funding Muthana's trip, Ulhaq had good contacts in Syria and gave practical advice while Brekke helped purchase kit and let the teenager use his computer.

Rahman introduced his young friend to Ulhaq, who gave practical help online and called on his contacts within Syria to smooth his entry into the country.

However, Ulhaq never met Muthana in person. Brekke, of Grangetown, Cardiff; Rahman, of Chesterton, Gloucestershire, and Ulhaq, of Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, were found guilty of preparing for acts of terrorism. Ulhaq was further convicted of terror funding.