A Kent mother who shared her desire to behead Christians with a "blunt knife" is said to have lived off church handouts before fleeing to join Islamic State.

Sally Jones - now known as Jihadi Sally - was receiving grocery parcels from a church-organised food bank in Borough Green just weeks before heading to Syria, according to the Sunday Times.

The 46-year-old, originally from Medway, converted to Islam and married Junaid Hussain - a 21-year-old convicted computer hacker and Isis fighter. Jones became a militant herself.

It is feared the former guitarist, who now uses the name Umm Hussain al-Britani, has returned to the UK.

A number of reports this week claim she was spotted in Birmingham - the home city of her husband.

It's understood Jones told undercover Sky News reporters she had recruited a female terrorist to launch an attack at yesterday's VJ Day commemorations.

Jones was member of an all-girl punk rock band in the 1990s and former neighbours in Chatham spoke of her chaotic lifestyle, describing her as a “nightmare” who was always screaming and shouting and had previously believed she was a witch.

A Union Flag was torn down, burned and urinated on in Borough Green earlier this year.

One of the culprits was revealed to be Jones' 18-year-old son, Jonathan Wilkinson.