Daily Mail

Rudd vows to keep ‘Beatles’ duo out

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AMBER Rudd yesterday signalled her determinat­ion to ensure that the last two members of the notorious British terror cell dubbed ‘The Beatles’ are not tried in Britain.

Pledging to ‘put security first’, the Home Secretary insisted there were ‘alternativ­es’ to bringing Alexander Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh back to the UK to face justice. The Islamic State jihadists are suspected of involvemen­t in the torture and beheading of more than 27 hostages in Syria. They were henchmen of Mohammed Emwazi – Jihadi John – who was filmed executing hostages including British aid workers David Haines and Alan Henning.

Kotey, 34, and Elsheikh, 29, have been stripped of UK citizenshi­p to stop them reentering Britain. They are being held in Syria by US-backed Kurdish forces while debate rages about where to try them.

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