LONDON: The mother of a British man who is suspected in the beheadings of Westerners taken hostage by the Islamic State group lost a court challenge Tuesday to the British governments decision to share evidence about her son with American authorities.
El Shafee Elsheikh and another British man who admitted joining IS, Alexanda Kotey, are in U.S. custody. The two are are accused of belonging to a cell of executioners responsible for killing Western captives in Syria. Surviving captives nicknamed them and two other jihadists they encountered The Beatles because they spoke English with British accents.
Elsheikhs mother challenged British Home Secretary Priti Patels decision to provide information to U.S. prosecutors under a mutual legal assistance request, arguing that the move was unlawful and incompatible with data…