The UK government is expected to reject an attempt by a member of the Islamic State terror cell dubbed “the Beatles” to be transferred to a British prison.
El Shafee Elsheikh, known as “Jihadi Ringo”, is serving eight life sentences in an American jail for his involvement in a hostage-taking scheme in which people were abducted, tortured, beaten and killed.
He has submitted an application to be transferred from a high-security prison in Colorado to a British jail under the international prisoner transfer programme so that he can be closer to his family and friends in his “home country” of Britain.
