(BBC) A British man who spent two years with Islamic State in Syria and knew the British militant dubbed Jihadi John has been jailed for carrying a weapon for terrorist purposes. Aine Davis was also sentenced at the Old Bailey for fundraising […]
(ITV) A former drug dealer, alleged to be the fourth member of the so-called ISIS “Beatles” kidnap gang, has pleaded guilty to terrorism charges, after a failed bid by the home secretary to have him sent to the US. Aine Davis, 39, […]
(Arab News) A member of a Deash cell known as “The Beatles” faces dying alone in an American prison, described by an ex-warden as a “place not designed for humanity,” after his appeal for a sanity assessment was rejected. Having been given […]
(BBC) A British Muslim convert who allegedly travelled to Syria for terrorism has denied a string of charges. Aine Davis was arrested at Luton Airport in August and charged. The 39-year-old, formerly from London, pleaded not guilty to possession of a firearm […]
(AFP) A convicted Islamic State member allegedly linked to the group’s notorious “Beatles” kidnap-and-murder cell appeared in a UK court ahead of the planned start Monday of his terror trial. Aine Davis sat in the dock at London’s Old Bailey criminal court, […]
(AFP) An alleged member of the Islamic State (IS) group’s “Beatles” kidnap-and-murder cell will face trial in the UK this month on terrorism charges, a judge said on Monday. Aine Davis is accused of belonging to the notorious group of hostage-takers, who […]
(Sky News) Freed hostages were able to give British police key information identifying an IS kidnap gang nicknamed “The Beatles” which had held and tortured them, Scotland Yard has revealed. Officers have disclosed key breakthroughs that allowed them to identify the jihadis […]
(BBC) A man who was alleged to be a member of an IS terror cell nicknamed the Beatles has been remanded in custody. Aine Davis is charged with offences including possession of a firearm for a purpose connected with terrorism and charges […]
(BBC) A man accused of being part of a notorious Islamic State group cell which murdered hostages has been arrested on terror charges in the UK. Aine Davis, of west London, flew into Luton airport after his release from a Turkish jail […]
(ITV) A British man who is alleged to have been part of an Islamic State execution cell dubbed “The Beatles” is due to be returned to the UK after officials in Turkey confirmed he is no longer in custody there. Aine Davis […]
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(Middle East Eye) An alleged member of an Islamic State (IS) execution cell dubbed “the Beatles” is scheduled to be deported from Turkey to the UK within days, Middle East Eye can exclusively reveal. Aine Davis, who is originally from London, was […]
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(AFP) A French journalist held by the Islamic State in Syria testified Wednesday that he and other hostages were forced by their captors to sing a depraved parody of the Eagles song “Hotel California” called “Hotel Osama.” “It was terrifying for us, […]
(AP) El Shafee Elsheikh was not a typical Islamic State foot soldier — he was a senior leader who took particular pleasure in mistreating the hostages he held captive, prosecutors said Wednesday in opening statements of Elsheikh’s terrorism trial. Elsheikh, a British […]
(AP) Jury selection began Tuesday in the trial of a British national charged with taking a leading role in a scheme by the Islamic State group to take Americans and others as hostages for ransom, resulting in the deaths and beheadings of […]
(AFP) El Shafee Elsheikh studied mechanical engineering in London, but now faces accusations he was a member of the notorious Islamic State kidnap-and-murder cell known as the “Beatles.” Elsheikh is on trial in federal court in Alexandria for the murders of American […]
(AFP) Former hostages and relatives of victims are seeking justice, accountability and perhaps even some solace as the trial of a member of the brutal Islamic State (IS) kidnap-and-murder cell known as the “Beatles” gets underway. Jury selection began on Tuesday in […]
(Washington Post) The only trial in U.S. court for a member of an infamous terrorist cell is set to begin Tuesday, as El Shafee Elsheikh stands accused of taking part in the capture and murder of journalists and aid workers by the […]
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(AP) Defense lawyers for a British national facing trial later this month for helping the Islamic State group torture and behead American hostages are seeking to block testimony from a Kurdish girl held as a slave by the group. The girl, identified […]
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(AP) A British national admitted Thursday evening in a federal courtroom near the nation’s capital that he played a leadership role in an Islamic State scheme to torture, hold for ransom and eventually behead American hostages. Alexanda [Amon] Kotey, 37, pleaded guilty […]
(AP) One of two British nationals charged with joining the Islamic State group and conspiring to torture and behead American and European hostages in Syria is scheduled to plead guilty to criminal charges. Federal court records show a change of plea hearing […]
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(AP) As two Islamic State militants faced a judge in Virginia last month, Diane Foley listened from home through a muffled phone connection and strained to make out the voices of the men prosecutors say kidnapped her son before he was murdered. […]
(AP) Two Islamic State militants from Britain were brought to the United States on Wednesday to face charges in a gruesome campaign of torture, beheadings and other acts of violence against four Americans and others captured and held hostage in Syria. El […]
(NBC) Two of the British Islamic State terrorists dubbed the “Beatles,” accused of involvement in the murders of U.S. hostages in Syria, are likely to be brought to the United States in mid-October, according to two government officials. The men, Alexanda Kotey […]
(BBC) On 22 November this year it will be exactly eight years since the British photojournalist John Cantlie was kidnapped by the Islamic State group (IS) in Syria, along with the American journalist James Foley. Mr Foley was murdered by his captors. […]
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(NBC) Attorney General William Barr has promised to formally rule out the death penalty for two notorious ISIS detainees to ensure that the British government can provide evidence against them, relatives of the victims told NBC News after speaking with Barr by […]
(NBC) Two of the British ISIS terrorists dubbed the “Beatles” further incriminated themselves in the mistreatment of Western hostages in Syria, including Americans Kayla Mueller and James Foley, in interviews obtained exclusively by NBC News. In the interviews, the two men, Alexanda […]
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(BBC) British investigators have enough evidence to prosecute two of the so-called Islamic State “Beatles” in the UK, the Supreme Court has been told. El Shafee Elsheikh and Alexanda Kotey are accused of belonging to an IS cell which is thought to […]
(ITV) A London-born “hostage-keeper” has for the first time admitted the role he played in the so-called Islamic State. Alexanda Kotey, who has been detained by Kurdish forces for the past 16 months, has now given a public confession about his part […]
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