REVEALED: Bloodthirsty star of al-Qaeda propaganda videos

EXCLUSIVE: British son of Hollywood movie director, 26, is revealed as bloodthirsty star of al-Qaeda propaganda videos after converting from Catholicism and smuggling himself to Syria 

Lucas Kinney, 26, has become a figurehead for the jihadis - appearing in online propaganda videos designed to encourage new recruits to sign up, the MailOnline can reveal. The first white British convert to emerge in Syria, as a Home Counties schoolboy he took holy communion at a Roman Catholic church and attended Catholic primary and secondary schools. As a teenager, he even spoke of being a priest. His father Patrick, 59, worked closely with Steven Spielberg on films including Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade and was assistant director on a long series of blockbusters. For the first time, Lucas's distraught mother reveals the real story behind her son's life.

London-born Muslim convert identified as Lucas Kinney starred in al-Qaeda video after changing his name to Abu Basir al-Britani

Father worked as assistant director on several popular blockbusters

Mother Deborah fears Lucas, 26, could be killed in a RAF drone strike or decide to become a suicide bomber  

She said she can't understand conversion to radical Islam by her son who wanted to be a priest when he was 13 

Uni dropout was into rock and was in a band called Hannah's Got Herpes 

Changed name to an Islamic name after being radicalised in Austria. Moved to Cairo and went to fight in Syria in 2013 

Mother found out he was fighting in Syria on Mother's Day last year.