IS butchers fear U.S. death penalty
‘Beatles’ want to be sent back to Britain
The two surviving members of the Islamic State killer quartet known as “The Beatles” for their British accents are terrified their journey to jihad will end in an American death chamber.
El Shafee Elsheikh, 29, and Alexanda Kotey, 34, were captured in Syria in January after Islamic State fled its former pulverized capital, Raqqa.
The duo, along with two other Brits, called notorious executioner Jihadi John as their “friend.”
But the smirking duo are hoping to be extradited to the United Kingdom.
They’re currently held in the United States and, if convicted, face a date with the executioner in an American prison.
Mohammed “Jihadi John” Emwazi was obliterated in a 2015 allied air strike.
The sick executioner was responsible for the beheadings of aid workers David Haines and Alan Henning, along with scores of others.
The twisted proceedings were broadcast.
“I took a position of not speaking of him at all in a negative way,” Kotey told the BBC, then whined, “What makes the British government want a British citizen to be tried in America?”
The duo moan that their human rights are being denied to them.
According to the U.K. Sun, the quartet allegedly mutilated, beheaded and crucified at least 27 captives of Islamic State.
They also tortured scores more.
But it’s unlikely the pair will ever see England again.
Home Secretary Sajid Javid had earlier said he wanted to see Elsheikh and Kotey tried in the U.S.
“Getting enough evidence to be confident of a conviction at home is difficult, so our preference is to leave them there,” one diplomat told the
Daily Telegraph. “Basically, it is a bit of a hot potato that we want to make sure we’re not left holding.”
Getting enough evidence to be confident of a conviction at home is difficult, so our preference is to leave them (in the U.S.).”