Former UK national Alexanda Kotey, who was part of the Islamic State terror group (outlawed in Russia) cell known as the Beatles, has been jailed for life after being found guilty in a US court to charges of engaging in torture and murder of hostages in Syria, court reporter for a judge on the case Rebecca Stonestreet told Sputnik on Friday
WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 29th April, 2022) Former UK national Alexanda Kotey, who was part of the Islamic State terror group (outlawed in Russia) cell known as the Beatles, has been jailed for life after being found guilty in a US court to charges of engaging in torture and murder of hostages in Syria, court reporter for a judge on the case Rebecca Stonestreet told Sputnik on Friday.
The verdict was delivered by senior judge Thomas Selby Ellis III in the US Eastern District Court of Virginia earlier in the day.
Alexanda Kotey was suspected of being a member of the notorious extremist cell the "Beatles," which was involved in torture and killing of Western hostages in Syria. The group is believed to have beheaded US citizens James Foley, Steven Sotloff and Peter Kassig for the Islamic State propaganda videos. Kotey is alleged to have acted as a guard for the cell and tortured hostages, including through waterboarding and electric shocks.
Kotey's co-defendant, El Shafee Elsheikh, was sentenced by the jury earlier in the month. Elsheikh, 33, was found guilty on all charges, including hostage-taking, kidnapping, and supporting a terrorist group, for his role in the capture and murder of two journalists and two aid workers from the United States by the terror cell.
