Alleged 'ISIS Beatle' Aine Davis charged with terrorism offences after returning to UK from Turkish prison
11.08.2022 - 11:07
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A British man accused of being the fourth member of the 'ISIS Beatles' has been charged with terrorism offences after returning to the UK. Aine Davis, 38, was seized after flying into Luton Airport yesterday (Wednesday) having served almost eight years behind bars in a Turkish jail cell.
Davis has been remanded in police custody and is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court later this morning. He has previously denied being one of the ISIS Beatles - who were given the nickname by hostages in Syria because of their English accents.
They were accused of torturing and murdering western hostages in Iraq and Syria, including Eccles taxi driver turned humanitarian worker Alan Henning who was kidnapped while delivering aid to Syria in 2013. The dad-of-two became the fourth Western hostage killed by Islamic State 11 months later. The brutal murder was revealed in a beheading video on October 3, 2014.
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A spokesman from the Metropolitan Police said in a statement: "A 38-year-old man has been charged with various terrorism offences following an investigation by the Met's Counter Terrorism Command. Aine Leslie Davis, (February, 11, 1984) of no fixed address, was charged with offences contrary to sections 15, 17 and 57 of the Terrorism Act 2000.
"He has been remanded in police custody and is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court later this morning, Thursday, August 11. "On Wednesday, August 10, officers from the Met's Counter Terrorism Command arrested a 38-year-old man at Luton Airport after he arrived in the UK on a flight from Turkey.
"He was taken to a south London police station and subsequently charged with the above