Alexanda Kotey: IS 'Beatle' sentenced to life in US for murders in Syria

Source: BBC

Alexanda Kotey: IS 'Beatle' sentenced to life in US for murders in Syria

By Bernd Debusmann Jr
BBC News, Washington

29 April 2022

An Islamic State group militant from the UK has been jailed for life by a US court for his involvement with a notorious hostage-taking terror cell.

Alexanda Kotey, 38, pleaded guilty last September to eight criminal charges relating to the abduction, torture and beheading of IS hostages in Syria.

Kotey, originally from London, showed no emotion as judge Thomas Selby Ellis delivered his verdict.

Judge Ellis described his actions as "egregious, violent and inhumane".

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61274332


Alexanda Kotey pleaded guilty in September to his role in the deaths of four Americans in Syria (Reuters)