THE brother of two teenagers killed fighting for Islamist forces in Syria has been caught selling cocaine and other drugs.

Abdul Deghayes, twin brother of Abdullah and also brother to Jaffa, who both died in 2014, faces jail after admitting four counts of possession of class A and B drugs with intent to supply.

The 21-year-old, of Chadborn Close, Brighton, has admitted possessing cocaine, MDMA, ketamine and the class B drug methoxetamine (MXE), all with intent to supply.

Charles Macdonald, defending at Hove Crown Court, said that Deghayes was “facing his first extended spell in custody” and highlighted the “psychological impact” of losing his brothers at a young age.

Mr Macdonald said: “Abdul suffered the loss of his twin brother and his younger brother. The trauma of that loss has made its mark.

“His involvement may be linked to the degree of acceptance he craves from other people [following this loss]. I would like to adjourn for him to have a psychiatric report. He has never been assessed on his mental health before.

“His mother attends today to support him and feels he would benefit from this in future.”

The court was told that Deghayes would receive a psychiatric evaluation before he is sentenced.

An order was also made for all of the drugs seized as part of the case to be destroyed.

Deghayes was living with his mother before he was taken into custody. He will remain in custody until he appears for sentencing on September 29.

His twin brother Abdullah was killed fighting in Syria in 2014 and his younger brother Jaffa, 17, was killed later that year while trying to overthrow dictator Bashar Al-Assad’s government.

Both of them died within months of boarding a one-way flight from Luton to Istanbul, before travelling on to Syria.

Amer Deghayes, 23, who flew to Syria in 2013, is the oldest of the three brothers from Brighton to travel to fight in the civil war and is believed to still be there.

A serious case review held last week is thought to be the first of its kind in the country to focus on radicalisation.

Graham Bartlett, Brighton and Hove Local Safeguarding Children Board chairman, who ordered the groundbreaking review said the deaths of Abdullah and Jaffar had been a “wake up call”. He added the review indicated the whole system had let the two teenagers down but that no one agency was to blame.