Barr told Britain's Homeland Security Secretary Priti Patel in a letter Tuesday that his ministry would not seek the death penalty for British citizens Alexander Coty and Al Shafei Al Sheikh, who were part of a kidnapping cell called the "Beatles", and since then have been stripped of their nationalities.
Barr assured in his letter that even "if" the punishment "is imposed on them," it will not be carried out.
Barr made this pledge in order to obtain evidence against the accused held by the US forces in Iraq.
Britain, which has not acted to prosecute the Beatles, does not impose the death penalty. A British court has prevented cooperation in the case if the defendants face a possible death sentence in the United States.
"If the trial is to take place in the United States, our prosecutors should have access to the important evidence that we requested from the United Kingdom that is available there for efforts to hold Coty and the Sheikh accountable for their terrorist crimes," Barr wrote in his letter.
The cell is notorious for videotaping the beheadings of its hostages, and its members have allegedly killed American journalist James Foley and Western aid workers.
The cell also included Muhammad Amwazi, known as "Jihadi John," who was killed in an airstrike in 2015, in addition to Ayn Davis, imprisoned in Turkey.
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Source: arabic.euronews.com, Staff, August 20, 2020
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