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British ‘Beatle’ IS terror cell member to be sentenced in US

A member of the so-called “Beatles” Islamic State terror cell could be sentenced to life in prison on Friday in the US. El Shafee Elsheikh, 33, faces a possible life sentence after being found guilty of his role in a hostage-taking scheme which ...

19 Aug 2022 at 03:45

‘Beatles’ terror cell members were identified after EDL counter-demo in London

Members of an Islamic terror cell known as The Beatles were identified because they were arrested at an English Defence League (EDL) counter-protest in London, police have said. The four militants with the so-called Islamic State group carried ...

17 Aug 2022 at 19:53

British ‘Beatle’ terrorist given life sentence over deaths of Western hostages

A member of the so-called Islamic State terror cell known as The Beatles has been jailed for life after being convicted for his role in the murder of American hostages in Syria. El Shafee Elsheikh, 34, who grew up in London, showed no emotion ...

19 Aug 2022 at 19:06

Fourth alleged ‘Beatles’ terror cell member reportedly arrested in UK

A man alleged to be the fourth member of a terror cell known as The Beatles has reportedly been arrested in the UK on terror charges. Aine Davis, 38, was arrested on Wednesday evening after arriving into Luton airport on a flight from Turkey,...

11 Aug 2022 at 00:25

El Shafee Elsheikh’s victims’ families say his silence ‘speaks volumes’

The families of hostages kept by British terrorist El Shafee Elsheikh say the jihadist’s refusal to address them at his sentencing “speaks volumes”. The loved ones of US journalist James Foley and humanitarian worker Kayla Mueller, who were ...

19 Aug 2022 at 20:23

James Foley ‘more alive than ever’ eight years on from the day of brutal death

James Foley is “more alive today than ever before”, eight years on from the day that his brutal death in Syria was announced, his mother has said. The murdered US journalist will live on in “all who aspire to moral courage” as well as the ...

19 Aug 2022 at 19:41

Who were the four British terrorists dubbed ‘The Beatles’?

Dubbed by their hostages as “The Beatles”, the members of an Islamic State terror cell were notorious for their wanton brutality and British accents. Two of the terrorists have been sentenced to life behind bars, one is in UK custody, ...

19 Aug 2022 at 19:29

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Briton convicted as ‘Beatle’ in Islamic State beheadings trial

A US jury has convicted a British national for his role in a hostage-taking scheme by so-called Islamic State which took Westerners captive a decade ago. The jury deliberated for four hours before finding El Shafee Elsheikh guilty on ...

14 Apr 2022 at 19:25

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Defence lawyers seek to restrict evidence from ISIS ‘slave’

Defence lawyers for a Briton accused of helping the terrorist group calling itself Islamic State (IS) torture and behead American hostages are trying to block evidence from a Kurdish girl kept as a slave. The girl, identified as ...

02 Mar 2022 at 18:55

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Surviving hostage relates ordeal at British terror suspect’s US trial

Federico Motka’s abductors greeted him in English after he and his colleagues were kidnapped near a refugee camp on the Turkish border: “Welcome to Syria, you mutt”, a US court has heard. For the Italian aid worker, it was the ...

31 Mar 2022 at 20:25

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British terror suspect’s brutality uncommon even for IS, US court told

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 in opening statements of the British ...

30 Mar 2022 at 20:25

Suspected ‘Beatles’ death squad member jailed for terror offences

A British Muslim convert suspected of being a member of the so-called Islamic State death squad dubbed The Beatles has been jailed for eight years. Aine Leslie Davis, 39, was deported from Turkey last August and ...

13 Nov 2023 at 14:31

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