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TWO British Jihadis accused of belonging to the ISIS Beatles beheading gang alongside Jihadi John have whined they will not get a fair trial.

Fiends El Shafee Elsheikh and Alexanda Amon Kotey were captured by US backed forces in Syria in January.

Two captured British jihadis who beheaded innocent civilians on behalf of ISIS have complained about being stripped of their British citizenship
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Two captured British jihadis - who deny beheading innocent captives as part of the ISIS cell - have complained about being stripped of their British citizenshipCredit: AP:Associated Press

And now in an astonishing interview the pair have dubbed the UK government's decision to strip them of their British citizenship "illegal".

Asked about the beheadings of American journalist James Foley and aid worker Alan Henning Kotey said many in ISIS "would have disagreed" with the killings as the civilians would have been "more benefit to ISIS as political prisoners."

He continued: "As for my position, I didn't see any benefit. It was something that was regrettable."

The pair, from west London, deny being involved in the hostage-taking or beheadings.

The pair were captured in Syria by US led forces in early January
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Kotey, left and Elsheikh, right, were captured in Syria by US led forces in early JanuaryCredit: AP:Associated Press
The pair were said to be part of an ISIS cell led by Mohammed Emwazi, also known as Jihadi John, who brutally hacked off the heads of innocent captives
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The pair were said to be part of an ISIS cell led by Mohammed Emwazi, also known as Jihadi John, who brutally hacked off the heads of innocent captivesCredit: Rex Features

During the interview Elsheikh rubbished the allegations against them as "propaganda" by the UK media.

He said: "No fair trial, when I am 'the Beatle' in the media. No fair trial."

The alleged jihadi also slammed the British government's decision to strip them of their citizenship.

Elsheikh said: "It exposes us to rendition and torture. Being taken to any foreign land and treated in anyway and having nobody to vouch for you.

"If we just disappear one day, where is my mum going to go and say where is my son?"

In an astonishing interview the pair whined about not being given a fair trial
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In an astonishing interview the pair whined about not being given a fair trialCredit: AP:Associated Press
Alleged jihadi Elsheikh
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Jihadi Elsheikh said being stripped of his British citizenship exposes him to rendition and tortureCredit: AP:Associated Press
Brit aid worker Alan Hemming
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Brit aid worker Alan Hemming was kidnapped and later beheaded in October 2014 at the hands of ISIS brutesCredit: PA:Press Association
American journalist James Foley
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American journalist James Foley was also killed by the depraved 'Beatles' ISIS cellCredit: AP:Associated Press
He went on to question what his mum would do if he happened to disappear one day
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Elsheikh went on to question what his mum would do if he happened to disappear one dayCredit: AP:Associated Press
The pair are led to by a Kurdish security officer for the sit-down interview
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The pair are led to by a Kurdish security officer for the sit-down interviewCredit: AP:Associated Press
The fiends were led out from the interview handcuffed and blinded
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The fiends were led out from the interview handcuffed and blindedCredit: AP:Associated Press

The pair are alleged to have been part of the ISIS 'Beatles' cell known for its brutality in torturing and killing several American, British and Japanese journalists and aid workers in 2014-15.

The cell's leader Mohammed Emwazi, known more typically as 'Jihadi John', was seen in multiple videos barbarically hacking off the heads of hostages.

He was killed in a US-led drone strike in 2015 in the formerly held ISIS capital Raqqa, Syria.

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Since their capture there has been a debate over where and how the pair ought to be prosecuted.

The US is currently pushing for home countries of foreign jihadis in Iraq and Syria for trial - meaning Emwazi and Kotey tried in the UK legal system.

Remarkably former captives of the Beatles cell and families of its victims have called on the pair to be given a fair trial, whether in the US or the UK.

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