London: British accomplices of slain Islamic State (IS) terrorist executioner &ldquo;Jihadi John&rdquo; were unmasked yesterday as Londoners who formed part of a so-called &ldquo;Beatles&rdquo; terror gang.
<img title="&ldquo;Paul&rdquo; has been identified as Aine Davis, who is in custody in Turkey. PIC/Metropolitan Police/PA" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2016/feb/09-Paul.jpg" alt="&ldquo;Paul&rdquo; has been identified as Aine Davis, who is in custody in Turkey. PIC/Metropolitan Police/PA" /> &ldquo;Paul&rdquo; has been identified as Aine Davis, who is in custody in Turkey. PIC/Metropolitan Police/PA
Mohammed Emwazi became known as &ldquo;John&rdquo; in reference to John Lennon, lead singer of the iconic British rock group, due to his English accent.
<img title="Mohammed Emwazi became known as &ldquo;John&rdquo; with reference to John Lennon, due to his English accent." src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2016/feb/09-Mohammed-Emwazi.jpg" alt="Mohammed Emwazi became known as &ldquo;John&rdquo; with reference to John Lennon, due to his English accent." /> Mohammed Emwazi became known as &ldquo;John&rdquo; with reference to John Lennon, due to his English accent.
Emwazi was killed in a US drone strike in Raqqa, Syria, last November following his masked appearance in gruesome propaganda videos showing him executing hostages with a knife.
<img title="&ldquo;Ringo&rdquo; is 32-year-old Alexe Kotey, a Londoner of Ghanaian and Greek-Cypriot background whose whereabouts are unknown. PIC/ITV" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2016/feb/09-Ringo.jpg" alt="&ldquo;Ringo&rdquo; is 32-year-old Alexe Kotey, a Londoner of Ghanaian and Greek-Cypriot background whose whereabouts are unknown. PIC/ITV" /> &ldquo;Ringo&rdquo; is 32-year-old Alexe Kotey, a Londoner of Ghanaian and Greek-Cypriot background whose whereabouts are unknown. PIC/ITV
Paul and Ringo It has now emerged that two of his gang members with English accents were given the nickname of &ldquo;Paul&rdquo; and &ldquo;Ringo&rdquo;, a reference to other Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. &ldquo;Paul&rdquo; has been identified as 31-year-old Aine Davis, who is in custody in Turkey for suspected terrorism, and &ldquo;Ringo&rdquo; as 32-year-old Alexe Kotey, a Londoner of Ghanaian and Greek-Cypriot background whose whereabouts are unknown.
The identity of the fourth member dubbed &ldquo;George&rdquo;, referring to George Harrison, has yet to be confirmed. Davis' wife, 27-year-old Amal el-Wahabi, became the first woman to be jailed for terrorism offences connected to Syria in 2014 after she was caught paying a smuggler 20,000 euros in cash for her husband in Turkey.
The group are believed to be responsible for the beheadings of around 27 mostly Western hostages. The terrorist &ldquo;Beatles&rdquo; were friends long before they travelled to Syria, according to ITV News. Kotey converted to Islam in his teens and all three men attended the Al-Manaar mosque in Ladbroke Grove, west London, which rejected their hardline opinions
Also read:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.mid-day.com/articles/is-confirms-death-of-jihadi-john-in-syria-drone-strike/16880159" target="_blank">IS confirms death of 'Jihadi John' in Syria drone strike</a>

Jihadi John and his accomplices were named after the iconic British musicians because of their English accents.&nbsp;The group are believed to be responsible for the beheadings of around 27 mostly Western hostages.&nbsp;

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