British counter-terror officers are set to share crucial evidence with US prosecutors that could put the UK’s most notorious living terrorists behind bars for life.
Self-confessed Islamic State thugs Alexanda Kotey and El-Shafee el-Sheikh are facing charges that could land them life sentences in America’s “hell on earth” supermax prison in Colorado, dubbed the Alcatraz of the Rockies.
Both are allegedly linked to the notorious IS execution squad The Beatles, with information gleaned from British agents placed inside IS.
Sources close to US Attorney General William Barr say his announcement that the pair would not face the death penalty came after US prosecutors were promised crucial UK files on them.
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