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Globallookpress Stefan Klein
The American Judiciary – Archive
Members of the “Beatles” cell of “ISIS” denied the charges against him of taking and killing American hostages, during the early stages of his trial in the United States.
The defendants, Alexanda Koti (36 years old) and Al Shafei Sheikh (32 years old), refused to recognize the crimes attributed to them and demanded that they be tried by a jury, and waived their right to a speedy trial within 90 days, which is not possible according to all parties involved due to the complexity of the file. .
For his part, Judge TS Ellis: “I hope to organize the trial as quickly as possible, but it takes time to achieve justice in this case.” He set January 15 as the date for the next hearing.
An informed source indicated that the evidence of guilt containing confidential information will be transferred to the attorneys for the defendants, who were deported from Iraq to the United States on Wednesday and taken into custody at a secret location in Virginia, United States.
A grand jury charged them Thursday with “kidnapping and killing 4 Americans, who are journalists James Foley and Stephen Sotloff, and the two humanitarian workers Kayla Muller and Peter Cassing.”
Notably, the militants were born in Britain and embraced extremism there, before joining the terrorist organization “ISIS” in Syria in 2012, and their British citizenship was subsequently revoked.
They are members of a 4-person cell, which according to US think tanks is responsible for the kidnapping and murder of 27 people, including Syrian civilians.
The cell was called “Beatles”, due to the English accent of its members.
Source: “AFP”
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