Alan Henning's Wife In Desperate Plea To IS

The wife of Alan Henning, the British aid convoy volunteer being held hostage by Islamic State, has renewed calls for his release.

In her first televised interview since he was captured, Barbara Henning said her family was “dreadfully concerned” for Mr Henning’s safety after he appeared in an IS video on September 13.

Last week, Mrs Henning revealed she had received an audio message from her husband pleading for his life.

She also said she had been told that a Sharia court had found him innocent of being a spy.

In today’s emotional appeal, Mrs Henning said: “I have a further message for Islamic State: We’ve not abandoned Alan and we continue in our attempts to communicate with you.

“We have had no contact from Islamic State holding him other than an audio file of him pleading for his life.

“Muslims across the globe continue to question Islamic State over Alan’s fate.

“Their position regarding his statement is unequivocal. He is innocent.

“Some say wrong time, wrong place. Alan was volunteering with his Muslim friends to help the people of Syria. He was in the right place during the right time.

“We are at a loss why those leading Islamic State cannot open their hearts and minds to the truth about Alan’s humanitarian motives for going to Syria and why they continue to ignore the verdicts of their own justice system.

“Surely those who wish to be known as a state will act in a statesmanlike way by showing mercy and providing clemency.

“Alan, we miss you and we’re dreadfully concerned for your safety.

“But we are given so much hope by the outcry across the world as to your imprisonment.

“We ask Islamic State: Please release him. We want him back home.”

The 47-year-old former taxi driver, originally from Eccles in Greater Manchester, was captured by militants last December while delivering aid in Syria.

Since then family, friends and colleagues have made repeated calls for him to be released.

In a previous statement, Mrs Henning described her husband as a “peaceful, selfless man” who left his job to deliver aid in Syria.

Her appeal comes after another British hostage, John Cantlie, appeared in a third IS video on Tuesday where he condemned President Obama for the use of airstrikes on militants in Syria and Iraq.

Mr Cantlie was kidnapped at the same time as US journalist James Foley nearly two years ago.

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Alan Henning's Wife In Desperate Plea To IS