Local Men Named as Accomplices of ISIS Killer Jihadi John

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Davis and Kotey reported to be in murder gang nicknamed 'The Beatles'

Two local men have been named as accomplices of Mohammed Emwazi, the notorious Islamic State killer who gained the nickname Jihadi John.

Aine Davis, 31, from Hammersmith, has been identified as a member of a cell responsible for beheading at least 25 hostages in Syria.

Davis, whose mother Fay Rodriquez is a dinner lady at Hammersmith's Latymer Upper School, grew up in Gambia and converted to Islam at 15. 

Former drug dealer Davis was married to Amal El-Wahabi, 27, who in 2014 was found guilty at the Old Bailey jury of funding terrorism by arranging to send 20,000 euros in cash to Turkey at his request.

El-Wahabi, who had two young children with Davis, was jailed for 28 months.

In November 2015, Davis was detained in Turkey on suspicion of planning attacks in Istanbul similar to those in Paris.

Alexanda Kotey, 32, from Holland Park, has been described by ITV News as the terror cell's 'leader' and key recruiter.

Kotey, known as Alexe, has been described by neighbours in West London as a quiet man who was a dedicated fan of Queens Park Rangers football club.

Kotey, who has two children still living in London, is also believed to be connected to the 'London Boys' a network of extremists who played five-a-side football in west London and who have been linked to the 7/7 London bombings and the subsequent failed 21/7 plot.

The pair, both Christians who became Muslim converts met Emwazi at the Al-Manaar mosque in Ladbroke Grove, where their extremist views led to them being marginalised.

The three, along with another member of the gang, were collectively nicknamed The Beatles by their hostages because of their British accents.

The gang shocked the world with videos of their brutal beheadings of victims, including the British aid workers Alan Henning and David Haines, and the US journalists Steven Sotloff and James Foley.

Emwazi was killed by a drone strike last summer, but the whereabouts of David and Kotey are currently unknown, though there were reports that Kotey had been killed last summer.

In a statement, members of Kotey’s family said they were "deeply distressed" at the revelations and confirmed they had not seen him "for a number of years".

February 8, 2016