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A court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook of Aine Leslie Davis, 39, who was once suspected of being part of a death squad dubbed The Beatles from the so-called Islamic State, has pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to having a firearm for terrorism purposes and two offences of funding terrorism, October 16, 2023
PRITI Patel begged the US to take on the prosecution of a man previously suspected of being a member of the so-called Beatles Isis cell, a court was told.
The then-home secretary’s “extraordinary” intervention was made in a legal argument over Aine Davis’s case at the Old Bailey in March.
The court heard British authorities connived in the deportation of the Londoner from Turkey with a view to him being extradited onwards to the United States to face fresh charges there.
Secret consultation documents finally released after the Morning Star’s two-year freedom of information battle show the Home Office misrepresented public opinion, claiming support for policies that most respondents actually strongly criticised as dangerous and unfair, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
