He may indeed be as “British as anyone” today, given the degeneration of Britain into a shabby little police state, but he joined an entity that was avowedly at war with Britain and called repeatedly for the murder of British citizens. That ought to be disqualifying, but with Britain today, you never know.
“ISIS ‘Beatle’ Jihadi Ringo begs to return to UK with secret wife and 3 children,” by Chris Hughes, Mirror, June 17, 2019:
Britain’s most senior Islamic State terrorist still alive, Alexanda Kotey, has a family in Syria – and he wants them to live in the UK.
Kotey said he has a Syrian wife and three girls, aged five, three and one.
Gaunt and exhausted, 35-year-old Kotey apologised for his crimes but said he is “grateful” for his time in IS.
He said he is thankful because – overlooking the terror group’s unimaginable bloodshed and carnage – it led to him getting a jihadi bride.
Some women were forced to wed fighters but others saw it as an honour.
Kotey – dubbed “Ringo” in the notorious “Beatles” cell, which is thought to have participated in the killing of at least seven hostages – also claimed he is as “British as anyone”.
In our interview with him in prison, he admitted abusing Western prisoners before they were beheaded.
He claimed he regrets joining IS but, during the conversation in northern Syria, Kotey failed to completely hide his sinister side. He said of the beheading videos: “I didn’t condemn it. That was the environment.”
He said that when he saw Jihadi John behead Westerners, he disapproved but merely asked: “Is there no other way to deal with these people?”…