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2. a 7½ year sentence in Turkey.
During the short-lived ‘Islamic State’ in Iraq and Syria a cell of four terrorists
with British accents were particularly notorious.
They became nicknamed ‘the Beatles’ (after the famous British pop group of
John Lennon, Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr)
Mohammed Emwazi, “Jihadi John” was their leader and beheaded dozens of hostages - on video - including journalists, and aid workers Alan Henning and David Haines
“George” and “Ringo” - Alexander Kotey (who had lived in Shepherds Bush) and El Shafii Elsheikh (who also lived in West London) appeared alongside “John” on the videos.
Serving
a 7½ year sentence in Turkey.
Killed in
air strike,
2015
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Captured
Earlier this year they were both captured by Kurdish fighters and they have now been handed over to the US military
Aine Davis
(”Paul”) is said to have played the least role in the group.

3. The US is very likely to execute the two if they are convicted
(of killing two American journalists)
Is the UK right to refuse to cooperate in death sentence trials?
The British government policy is to oppose the death penalty ‘whatever the crime’ and to refuse to cooperate in trials where the defendant faces execution if convicted.
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And if it is,
why should this case be different?
Jeremy Hunt, the British Foreign Secretary has said that the UK will provide evidence at the trial, saying that this is a special case.