El Shafee Elsheikh and Alexanda Kotey could be sent to Guantanamo Bay GETTY IMAGESBritain is threatening to withhold any evidence it has about two captured members of a British Islamic State cell dubbed “the Beatles” unless the US provides assurances that they will not face the death penalty (writes Deborah Haynes). Officials also want Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh, who are from London and are being held by US-backed Kurdish forces in Syria, to be prosecuted in a civilian court rather than Guantanamo Bay, the US detention centre in Cuba. A UK source said: “Where there is evidence that crimes have been committed, foreign fighters should be brought to justice in accordance with due legal process, regardless of their nationality.” Britain is opposed to the death penalty. Kotey, 34, and Elsheikh, 29, were stripped of their British…

Source: The Times March 02, 2018 00:04 UTC