UK sends US data on IS 'Beatles'
THE UNITED KINGDOM has sent the united states evidence on two Uk alleged Islamic State (IS) militants, clearing method for a trial.
Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh are accused of belonging to an IS cell dubbed "The Beatles", who were in back of the killings of Western hostages.
It employs Britain's High Courtroom rejected the demand by the mom of one of the suspects to block the transfer of facts.
The men, in US military custody in Iraq, deny the charges.
The pair are alleged to have been users of an IS gang responsible for the loss of life of hostages in Iraq and Syria in 2014.
The victims - who included American journalists and Uk aid staff - were beheaded and their deaths filmed and broadcast on community media.
THE UNITED STATES sought the UK's assist in the case but until recently a legal fight over the application of the loss of life penalty stymied co-operation.
Last month, the united states made clear the two wouldn't normally be executed if observed guilty.
IS once controlled 88,000 sq km (34,000 sq kilometers) of territory stretching from western Syria to eastern Iraq. It imposed its brutal rule on practically eight million people.
What did the united kingdom say?
On Thursday, Home Secretary Priti Patel confirmed that the UK had forwarded the data it had against the two suspects to the united states.
"Very happy to say that the even more evidence to aid the prosecution of Kotey & El Sheikh has finally been used in the united states. I sincerely anticipation that justice for the victims and their own families will now be served, Ms Patel wrote in a tweet.
The mother of one of the suspects had earlier won her legal battle to prevent any UK evidence from being used against the accused in a US court. But Tuesday's High Courtroom ruling lifted that ban.
Among the victims was British photojournalist John Cantlie - who was simply kidnapped in 2012 in Syria along around reporter James Foley.
Cantlie's sister, Jessica Pocock, told the BBC's Frank Gardner of her alleviation that those accused can be held to bank account.
"We've only ever before wanted these two to face justice," she said.
"The households of all the American and all the British persons who were taken, therefore that's David Haines, Alan Henning and John Cantlie... they want nothing less than a good trial," she said.
US Justice Division spokesman Marc Raimondi said: "We are pleased with the united kingdom High Court's decision."
"We are grateful that the Uk government has exceeded its evidence to us and verified its determination to co-operate with this efforts.
