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Eugene

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Tue May 9, 2017, 11:57 AM May 2017

Aine Davis guilty of being senior Islamic State member

Source: BBC

Aine Davis guilty of being senior Islamic State member

By Steve Swann
BBC News Home Affairs team

9 May 2017 UK

A British man suspected of being part of an Islamic State group that beheaded hostages has been convicted of a terrorism offence in Turkey.

Aine Davis, 33, of London, had been arrested in 2015 near Istanbul.

He was found guilty of being a senior member of a terrorist organisation and jailed for seven-and-a-half years.

The BBC understands Davis was one of a four-man IS cell nicknamed "The Beatles", which included the person dubbed Jihadi John.

Davis, the only one of the group to face a trial, had denied the charges against him.

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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-39824266


[font size=1]Davis (left) claimed he was not involved with IS[/font]
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