Alexandria: Alexanda Kutyy, a member of the kidnapping of the famous Islamic State to dub “Beatles,” he pleaded guilty Thursday at the US court for the allegations of the conspiracy to kill four American hostages.
The Federal Court in Alexandria, Virginia outside Washington has posted this week’s notification for the hearing of “changes in requests” for Koyay, former English members and one of two members of culut cells brought to the United States to be tried.
Koekey, 37, and El Shafee Elsheikh, 33, were flown from Iraq in October to face trials for involvement in the murder of American James James Foley and Steven Sotloff and Peter Kassig assistance workers and Kayla Mueller.
After the two suspects were arrested in January 2018 by the Syrian Kurdish forces in Syria, they were handed over to US forces in Iraq.
England, who initially did not want to try them at home, stripped them from their English citizenship.
But their transfer to the United States is possible only after US authorities convinced London they would not seek the death penalty in this case.
Appeared from prison before judging TS Ellis with a video link on October 9, both begged innocent.
But on Thursday, Koekey appeared directly and answered “Yes” when Ellis asked him, “Are you asking guilt freely and willingly and voluntarily because you are actually guilty of this accusation?” In claiming guilty, Koekey signed an agreement to provide all information in his ownership of his actions in Syria – not limited to what was in the indictment – to the US government, as well as the foreign government who asked him.
Under the agreement, he will serve 15 years in prison in the United States and then it will be extradited to England, where he also faces allegations of kidnapping and murder of hostages.
By acknowledging his guilt, he let go of his rights for the trial and face several sentences of life without the right to the initial release.
Families of four American victims were present in the courtroom.
Dennis Fitzpatrick’s prosecutor said they had agreed to change in defense strategy.
Four Karey and Elsheikh members were cells nicknamed “Beatles” by their prisoners due to their English accent.
They were allegedly involved in kidnapping American and Japanese hostages in Syria from 2012 to 2015.
They were allegedly torturing and killing their victims, including by decapitating, and released a video of murder for propaganda purposes.
Alleged Ringleader Mohamed Emwazi, known as “Jihadi John,” was killed in US air strikes in Syria in November 2015, while “Beatle,” Aine Davis, was imprisoned in Turkey after being convicted of terrorism charges.
Koyey and Elsheikh oversee the detention facilities for hostages and suspect a ransom negotiations coordinated by e-mail, according to US authorities.
The couple is also involved in the “pattern of physical and psychological violence that is prolonged with hostages,” they said.
An attack of US special troops which resulted in the death of the leader of the Islamic group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria in 2019 was a unit of task named code 8-14, referring to the birthday of young Mueller workers.
He worked with the Danish Refugee Council when he was kidnapped in North Syria in 2013.
Mueller’s parents said he was tortured before being handed over to Baghdadi, who allegedly raped him repeatedly before killing him.