The terrorist and member of Islamic State (ISIS) that kidnapped the journalist from EL PERIÓDICO Marc Marginedas He has been sentenced to life imprisonment. The federal court in Alexandria, in the United States, has ruled that Alexandra Kotey38, from London, is jailed for life for taking part in the hostage-taking.
The British jihadist, known as one of the terrorist group’s ‘Beatles’, pleaded guilty last September to eight criminal charges related to the kidnapping, torture and beheading of up to four American hostages in Syria. Kotey showed no emotion during his statement or while his verdict was being rendered. Judge Thomas Selby Ellis has described his actions as “heinous, violent and inhumane”.
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Another member of the cell, El Shafee el-Sheikh, has appeared at the sentencing after being sentenced in April after a tough trial. This summer he will be sentenced. Both were arrested in 2018 by Syrian Kurdish forces.
The terrorist ‘Beatles’
Surviving hostages, including Marginedas, said Kotey, el-Sheikh and a third man, Mohammed Emwazi, made up the brutal unit known as the ‘Beatles’ because of their British accent. The death of the journalists is attributed to this group james foley Y Steven Sotloffas well as cooperators Kayla Mueller Y Peter Cassig.