An alleged member of the Islamic State execution squad dubbed 'the ISIS Beatles' is to be deported from Turkey to the UK, according to reports.
Aine Davis, originally from London, is accused of being part of a British terrorist cell that has tortured and beheaded western hostages in Syria.
He was arrested by Turkish security forces in Istanbul in 2015 and is due to be deported to the UK on July 9, reports the Middle East Eye.
Davis, 42, is currently being held at Ankara’s Sincan prison, however probation procedures and health checks could delay is deportation.
Two others convicted alongside Davis have reportedly already been released.
Despite his conviction, Davis has denied being a member of the so-called Isis Beatles - named after the iconic rock and roll band because of their distinctly British accents.
The group's leader, Mohammed Emwazi, dubbed "Jihadi John", was killed by a 2015 drone attack in Raqqa.
Davis claimed he was only connected to Emwazi because they both attended the same mosque in London and He said claimed had travelled to Syria earlier to participate in aid work.
At the time of Davis' arrest, he was subject to an Interpol red notice filed by the UK police after his wife, Amal el-Wahabi was convicted of terrorism offences in 2014.
She had attempted to send Davis 20,000 euros in cash via a bank transfer.
The Interpol notice reportedly claimed the money was assessed and deemed to be "destined to support the Jihadist cause in Syria".
According to the report, seen by MEE, UK authorities had also seized items from his London home, which included "violent jihadist rhetoric and imagery relating to Osama Bin Laden."
Images taken from his wife's phone also showed Davis photographed in Syria with guns and an Islamic flag."
He dismissed the images as “stupid photos” that he had posed for as a joke.
He told the court: “I had those photos as a sort of joke. Everyone was having photos taken with armed individuals like that in order to show off.
"I do not know who those people in the photos were or which group they were in.”
It is not known if Davis still retains his British citizenship, but Turkish authorities told MEE the country would not be used as "dumping ground for Western extremists".
The Mirror has approached the Home Office for comment.
The 'Beatles' execution cell were behind the savage execution of British aid worker David Haines in Syria.
In 2014, David's daughter revealed how she learned her father begged his captors - the so-called "ISIS Beatles" - to kill him quickly before he was executed.
Bethany Haines said her father asked ringleader Emwazi to "make it quick" before he was slain.
Ms Haines told ITV news: "He (Kotey) told me that Jihadi John had been away to execute my father and my father knew what was coming, closed his eyes, and said: 'Can you make it quick?'
"I can picture him saying that, in his orange jumpsuit, with his eyes closed. I can picture him saying: 'Please make it quick."'
His remains have never been discovered.
