BRITISH opposition to the death penalty hung in the balance last night after judges ruled the government could share information with US authorities that some fear may lead to the execution of terror suspects.

The High Court case centred on two suspected Islamic State terrorists, El Shafee Elsheikh and Alexanda Kotey, who are currently detained by Kurdish forces in Syria.

The men are alleged to be responsible for killing high-profile Western captives and while the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) decided there was “insufficient evidence” to try them in Britain, US prosecutors are still building a case.