BRITISH-KURDISH film-maker Mehmet Aksoy’s body was returned to Britain yesterday and was welcomed by a small group of family and close friends.

Mr Aksoy was killed last month by Isis fighters in Syria, where he had been working with the press office of the People’s Protection Units (YPG) Kurdish militia and making a documentary about the battle for Raqqa.

More than 2,000 mourners attended an emotional memorial service for Mr Aksoy at the Kurdish Community Centre in north London earlier this month.