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Alleged Islamic State 'Beatle' pleads guilty to terrorism offenses

 
AN ISIS fighter uses his phone to  lm a military parade in Syria’s northern Raqqa province in 2014 (photo credit: REUTERS)
AN ISIS fighter uses his phone to lm a military parade in Syria’s northern Raqqa province in 2014
(photo credit: REUTERS)

He appeared at London's Old Bailey by video link form prison and pleaded guilty to two terrorism fundraising charges and possession of a firearm for terrorist purposes.

A British man once accused of being a member of an Islamic State cell dubbed The Beatles pleaded guilty in a London court on Monday to three terrorism offenses.

Aine Davis, 39, was arrested at London's Luton Airport last August after being deported to Britain from Turkey, where he had been convicted of membership of the Islamic State jihadist group.

He appeared at London's Old Bailey on Monday by video link from prison and pleaded guilty to two terrorism fundraising charges and possession of a firearm for terrorist purposes.

Judge Mark Lucraft said he would sentence Davis on Nov. 13.

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Previously linked to Islamic State cell assigned to guard prisoners in Syria

Davis was previously linked to the Islamic State cell assigned to guard foreign prisoners in Syria, dubbed The Beatles by hostages because they were known as English speakers.

 A guard opens a door inside a prison that holds foreign prisoners, suspected of being part of the Islamic State, in Hasaka, Syria, January 7, 2020.  (credit: GORAN TOMASEVIC/REUTERS)
A guard opens a door inside a prison that holds foreign prisoners, suspected of being part of the Islamic State, in Hasaka, Syria, January 7, 2020. (credit: GORAN TOMASEVIC/REUTERS)

The group is alleged to have detained, and in some cases, killed Western hostages in Syria, including US journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff and aid worker Kayla Mueller.

Davis has always denied being part of the cell and his lawyer Mark Summers said at a preliminary hearing last year that US prosecutors did not charge Davis due to evidence there were only three members of the cell.

Two members, Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh, were been sentenced to life in prison in the United States. A third member of the group, Mohammed Emwazi, died in a US-British missile strike in Syria in 2015.

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