British terror suspect Alexanda Amon Kotey, who was accused of beheading Western hostages for Islamic State, has pleaded guilty to eight charges in a US federal court.
District Judge TS Ellis read out the charges and told Kotey he faced life in prison after the US government agreed not to seek the death penalty as part of a deal to secure his extradition.The 37-year-old was one of four IS militants nicknamed"the Beatles" by their captives due to their accents.Image:British aid worker Alan Henning was murdered in October 2014
They were accused of murdering a number of Western and Japanese captives, including Britons Alan Henning and David Haines.Family members of the American victims - journalist James Foley, journalist Steven Sotloff and aid workers Peter Kassig and Kayla Mueller - were at court but prosecutors said they did not wish to speak.
The group was accused of kidnapping the captives and engaging"in a long pattern of physical and psychological violence" towards them.Kotey and Elsheikh were captured in Syria in 2018 by the Syrian Democratic Forces, as they tried to escape to Turkey. There is no news of a plea deal in Elsheikh's case and he is currently scheduled to go on trial in January.
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