A 17-YEAR-OLD boy whose two older brothers have been killed while “waging jihad” in Syria has been made the subject of a special care plan designed to keep him safe for the next few years, a High Court judge has been told.

Mr Justice Hayden has approved a “pathway plan” developed for the teenager by social services staff at Brighton and Hove City Council.

He revealed detail in a ruling after analysing the case in a private hearing at the Family Division of the High Court in London.

The judge said the teenager had lived in Britain in an “extraordinary family” whose “male members were all committed to waging jihad in Syria”.

He said the teenager could not be named. Two years ago Mr Justice Hayden barred the teenager from travelling abroad. He made the youngster a ward of court, a move which allows a judge to take parental responsibility and control a child’s movements.

But Mr Justice Hayden said the teenager would turn 18 this year – and become an adult – and only children could be wards of court.

“(He) turns 18 years of age in 2017 and the wardship will automatically fall away,” said the judge in his ruling.

“I have been concerned that the support and protection offered to (him) should not simply evaporate on his 18th birthday, he does not become less vulnerable merely by chronological age.”

The judge said council bosses had authorised the creation of the “bespoke” service for the teenager.