Mother of 'IS Beatle' loses High Court challenge over Priti Patel sharing evidence with US
The mother of suspected IS terrorist El Shafee Elsheikh has lost a High Court challenge against Home Secretary Priti Patel’s decision to share evidence about her son with US authorities.
Maha Elgizouli, whose son El Shafee Elsheikh is in US custody with his co-accused Alexanda Kotey, brought a judicial review earlier this month over Ms Patel’s decision on August 24 to provide material to the American government under a “mutual legal assistance (MLA)” request.
Elsheikh and Kotey are accused of belonging to a cell of executioners in Syria – nicknamed The Beatles because of their British accents – responsible for killing a number of Western captives.
Ms Elgizouli previously brought a challenge to former home secretary Sajid Javid’s decision to share evidence with US authorities without seeking assurances the men would not be executed if convicted in the US.
Her case was dismissed by the High Court in January 2019 but that decision was overturned in March this year by a panel of seven Supreme Court justices, who unanimously allowed her appeal – ruling the decision to share evidence with the US was unlawful under the Data Protection Act.
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