Isis ‘Beatles’ should face trial in UK, says former director of public prosecutions

QC says a US trial makes Britain look like a ‘banana republic lacking faith in our own institutions of justice’The UK government has been accused of acting like “a banana republic” after suppressing charges against the British group of Isis militants known as “the Beatles” out of fears that trying them at home could set a precedent for mass jihadist repatriations.

Prosecutors charged one member of the group, Alexanda Kotey, with multiple counts of murder in 2016 but the Home Office made no attempt to bring him home to face justice because, sources say, then home secretary Theresa May felt it was politically problematic.

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