ISIS Beatle nicknamed Jihadi Paul will be ‘deported from Turkey to Britain’ to face hostage-taking allegations
- Aine Davis, 42, will be deported from Turkey to the UK following a prison sentence for terrorism
- Davis has served his sentence and will be taken back to Britain – where he is a citizen
- It is unknown at this time what he will do after leaving the post.
- He denies reports that he was part of the British ISIS execution group nicknamed ‘The Beatles’
A member of the ‘ISIS Beatles’ will be sent back from Turkey to the UK after serving a terror sentence in the country.
Aine Davis is accused of being part of the British ISIS execution group and was captured by Turkish forces in 2015 before being convicted of being a member of the extremist group.
Davis has served his sentence in Turkey and authorities plan to send him back to Britain – saying the country does not want to become a ‘dumping ground’ for Western terrorists.
The alleged ‘Beatle’ has retained his British citizenship and it is believed that this will make it difficult for the Government to deny him access.
Aine Davis (pictured) is accused of being part of the British ISIS execution team nicknamed ‘the Beatles’
Sources, however, denied that he was part of the infamous terrorist cell consisting of Britons and led by so-called ‘Jihadi John’ (photo)
Sources, however, denied that he was part of the infamous terrorist cell made up of Britons and led by the so-called ‘Jihadi John’.
It is unknown at this time what he will do after leaving the post.
The Telegraph reported that if Davis ‘is considered to pose a threat to national security’, he will remain under intensive surveillance to protect the public.
He denied that he was part of the cell led by ‘Jihadi John’ – real name Mohammed Emwazi – in his Turkish court hearing.
Emwazi, a member of the so-called ‘Isis Beatles’, appeared in several sickly videos showing the beheading of Western prisoners. He was killed in 2015 by a U.S. drone strike.
Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh are both British, but they gave up their citizenship when they joined ISIS in Syria in 2014
His release and deportation comes months after two members of the Beatles were convicted in April of terrorism charges in the United States.
Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh are both British, but they gave up their citizenship when they joined ISIS in Syria in 2014.
They killed two dozen hostages, including the Americans James Foley, Steven Sotloff, Peter Kassig and Kayla Mueller, and at least eight other hostages from different countries, including the UK.
Kotey and Elsheikh were both convicted of terrorism charges in Virginia, USA, and the former was sentenced to life in prison.
Elsheikh will be sentenced in August for his crimes.
‘The Beatles’ was given their name by the British hostage John Cantlie, a freelance journalist who used the name as a code so he could talk about his kidnappers in secret.
The news of Davis’ release and deportation comes a day after the only suicide bomber who survived the worst terrorist attack in France’s recent history was sentenced to life in prison.
Salah Abdeslam, 32, has no hope of parole for his part in the November 2015 atrocities in which 130 people were killed
Abdeslam (right) stands next to the other accused in this court sketch made on Monday in the special courtroom built for the 2015 attack trial
The devastating attacks were the greatest peacetime atrocity in modern French history, sending shock waves across the country.
Hundreds of tributes were paid by the Bataclan and other target sites to those who lost their lives in the attacks, which killed 130 people.
Salah Abdeslam, 32, has no hope of parole for his part in the November 2015 atrocities in which 130 people were killed.
On Wednesday night, five specialist judges against terrorism sitting in Paris announced that Abdeslam, along with 18 other accused, were guilty of various terror-related charges.
Abdeslam was “fully integrated into the terrorist cell”, said court president Jean-Louis Périès.
This followed a ten-month marathon trial at a specially built court in the Palais de Justice in Paris.
Abdeslam, a French Moroccan citizen of Belgium, claimed he had deliberately pulled himself out of the hooliganism in which other ISIS terrorists, including his own brother, were blown to pieces.
He pleaded for indulgence this week, saying: ‘I know there is still hatred for me. I ask you to hate me with moderation. ‘
He also described himself as a ‘Soldier with Islamic State’, and was detained in a prison on the outskirts of Paris.