A man from Watford has admitted driving his British Jihadist cousin back to the UK after he had been in a terrorist training camp in Syria.

Tahir Bhatti, 45, from Clarke Way, helped his cousin Imran Khawaja, who had faked his own death to return to the UK, by driving him from Bulgaria in June 2014 - but the pair were arrested by police officers waiting for them at Dover.

Taxi driver Bhatti pleaded guilty on Tuesday, to assisting an offender. He had previously pleaded not guilty to preparing a terrorist act by helping Khawaja, having information about terrorism, and assisting an offender.

Khawaja, 27, from Southall, previously admitted preparing for acts of terrorism, attending a camp, receiving training and possessing firearms in a hearing last year.

Watford MP Richard Harrington has asked for a full briefing from the police on Bhatti’s part in the scheme.

He said: "I have contacted the chief inspector for a full briefing on it as it is a concern for me and all my constituents."

Khawaja features in one of the group's promotional videos, Five Star Jihad, where he is introduced as Abu Daigham. The video presents a vision of daily life at the Rayat al Tawheed training camp, encouraging others to join them.

Khawaja is also seen in a disturbing video posted on social media which includes a bag of severed heads. He appears in the footage with his face covered picking up one of the heads from the bag and showing it to the camera. The description posted with the video is British ISIS fighter Abu Daigham al-Britani with Government soldier's head Syria.

In May 2014, the group put out a message on social media, designed to deliberately mislead authorities, claiming that Abu Daigham al-Britani had been killed alongside an image of two masked men holding a flag associated with Islamic State. This news of his death was picked up and reported by the British media.

However, Khawaja was not dead. He was in fact making his way back to the UK. On June 3, Khawaja and Bhatti were arrested by SO15 officers as they entered the UK at Dover port in a hire car.

Commander Richard Walton, Head of the SO15 Counter Terrorism Command, said the images and video of Khawaja in Syria were "horrific and deeply disturbing".

He said: "He was a senior figure in Rayat Al Taweed, a group aligned to Islamic State that celebrated its terrorist acts through social media back to the UK.

"Khawaja chose to become a terrorist, engaged in weapons training in a terrorist training camp and faked his own death in order to conceal his entry back into the UK.

"He posed a serious threat to this country and the country is safer as a result of this prosecution."

The men will be sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court on Thursday, February 5, and Friday, February 6.