Alexanda Kotey is serving eight concurrent life sentences without the possibility of parole.
13 Facts About Alexanda Kotey
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Active in the Islamic State until 2015, Alexanda Kotey was captured by the Syrian Democratic Forces attempting to enter Turkey while fleeing from the collapse of the Islamic State in Syria.
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Alexanda Kotey has been designated a terrorist by the United States and identified in the media as one of the four "Jihadi Beatles" who took part in atrocities in the Syrian Civil War.
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Syrian Democratic Forces holding him in detention say Alexanda Kotey was engaged in a criminal career as a drug dealer in London prior to his radicalisation.
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Alexanda Kotey is believed to have converted to Islam in his early twenties and left his two young children behind in Britain.
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Later Alexanda Kotey was reported to have been one of the other three Beatles.
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The US claims that Alexanda Kotey was involved in beheadings and known for administering "exceptionally cruel torture methods", including "electronic shocks".
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Alexanda Kotey was accused of acting as an ISIL recruiter and being responsible for inducing several other British extremists to join ISIL.
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Alexanda Kotey has denied being a member of "the Beatles", but admitted to having joined the ISIL terrorist group.
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In September 2021, it was announced that, as per a plea agreement, Alexanda Kotey would plead guilty to all of the charges against him and would spend the rest of his life in prison, initially in the US and, after 15 years, in the United Kingdom.
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On 29 April 2022, Alexanda Kotey was sentenced to life in prison at the federal courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia for the torture and murder of four American hostages in Syria.
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Ellis III, recommended that Alexanda Kotey be placed in a lesser-secure prison for his mental and physical health.
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On 31 August 2022, Alexanda Kotey was transferred to the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons and moved to United States Penitentiary, Canaan.