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MI5 plotted to infiltrate fifth 'Beatle' spy into Jihadi John's ISIS terror cell

The secret operation was pulled at the last minute – ending hopes the Londoner’s murder spree could be halted – amid fears the agent would be unmasked and publicly executed.

Daily Mirror

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

Here is a little of what is known about each of the four alleged members of the Islamic State terrorist cell.

The Independent UK

Victims of evil ISIS Beatles from beheaded Brits to woman sold as a sex slave

El-Shafee Elsheikh has been told he will spend life in prison for his role in the kidnap and vicious slaughter of 27 innocent victims, including two US journalists, two Brits and an American aid worker

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ISIS hostage David Haines asked his captors to 'make it quick' before he was killed

Bethany Haines said her father David asked his captors to kill him quickly. She was told by terrorist Alexanda Kotey that he had been following her father for a couple of days before abducting him

Daily Mirror

'ISIS Beatle' Aine Davis 'to be deported to UK' years after execution squad killed Brit

Londoner Aine Davis, an alleged member of a Islamic State execution squad named after the iconic rock band, will reportedly be sent back to the UK in the coming weeks

Daily Mirror

‘Jihadi Paul’ Aine Davis to be deported back to UK on release from Turkish prison

Turkish sources said they didn’t want their country to become a “dumping ground” for Western extremists

Evening Standard

Daughter of murdered Scots aid worker David Haines meets killers face to face

Bethany Haines met with one of the members of the Islamic State terror cell known as 'the Beatles' who executed her father.

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Daughter of slain aid worker has face-to-face meeting with ‘Beatle’ terrorist

David Haines was murdered in 2014.

The Independent UK

Brit ISIS Beatle Alexanda Kotey jailed for LIFE in US for role in hostage murder plot

Alexanda Amon Kotey, also known as Jihadi Ringo, has been sentenced for his involvement in the hostage taking of aid workers and journalists including Steven Sotloff and James Foley

Daily Mirror

El Shafee Elsheikh, from London to Syria to IS 'Beatle'

Alexandria (United States) (AFP) - El Shafee Elsheikh, convicted on all charges in the deaths of four American hostages, went to Syria a decade ago with two childhood friends from London to wage jihad against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.

AFP

Prosecution: Briton was 1 of 3 'Beatles' hostage- takers

Prosecutors in a British man's terrorism trial say the only thing jurors need to know to convict him is that he was one of three Islamic State hostage-takers known as “The Beatles."

The Independent UK

Former Hostages Unmask ISIS ‘Beatle’ at Trial

Former hostages taking the witness stand at the trial of their alleged ISIS group captor have described their brutal treatment in chilling detail. Eight former ISIS hostages have testified so far at the trial of El Shafee Elsheikh, accused of being a member of the notorious kidnap-and-murder cell known as…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Former hostages unmask Islamic State 'Beatle' at trial

Alexandria (United States) (AFP) - Former hostages taking the witness stand at the trial of their alleged Islamic State group captor have described their brutal treatment in chilling detail.

AFP

Isis on trial: What we have learned so far at the trial of British jihadist El Shafee Elsheikh

The self-confessed Isis member is accused of taking part in hostage-taking operation that led to the killing of American and British journalists and aid workers. Richard Hall reports from Alexandria, Virginia

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The Independent UK

‘I hoped it was a cruel joke’: Mother of James Foley describes torment of son’s public killing by Isis

Diane Foley found out about the death of her son in a phone call from a journalist

Irish Independent

‘Now I know the depravity my son faced as a hostage’ – mother of executed journalist James Foley struggles amid trial of IS ‘Beatle’

Diane Foley shuts her eyes tight and turns her head from the screen. She strokes her husband John’s back as he bows his head low.

Daily Mirror

Daughter of Brit beheaded by ISIS gets mystery call telling her where his body is

David Haines was working for a French agency when he was kidnapped in Syria in March 2013, held hostage and later beheaded by Jihadi John in a video which horrified the world

Evening Standard

Islamic State hostages ‘forced into brutal prison fights by captors known as The Beatles’

An aid worker held by the Islamic State “Beatles” says he and fellow prisoners were forced to take part in “Royal Rumble” fights during 14 months in captivity.

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The Guardian - UK

Islamic State hostages were forced to fight each other, US court hears

Aid workers and journalists subjected to constant abuse, Federico Motka says at trial of El Shafee Elsheikh

AFP

Italian aid worker recalls brutal treatment by IS 'Beatles'

Alexandria (United States) (AFP) - An Italian aid worker described being beaten with a rubber cable and waterboarded in harrowing testimony Thursday at the trial of a jihadist accused of being one of his Islamic State captors known as the "Beatles."

The Independent UK

‘They played games with us’: Former hostage of Isis ‘Beatles’ describes brutal treatment at hands of British jailers

El Shafee Elsheikh is standing trial in Virginia for alleged involvement in hostage-taking operation

The Independent UK

Surviving hostage relates ordeal in Islamic State captivity

A hostage who survived more than a year as a captive of the Islamic State is testifying about the beatings and torture inflicted on him by his captors

Irish Independent

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.

The Independent UK

‘A simple Isis soldier’: British jihadist denies he was member of infamous Beatles terror cell as landmark US trial begins

Prosecutors allege El Shafee Elsheikh seemed to ‘enjoy and take satisfaction’ in the physical abuse of detainees

The Independent UK

Trial to begin in Isis killings of US journalists and aid workers

If convicted, El Shafee Elsheikh faces a mandatory life sentence

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