‘ISIS Beatle’, 38, is arrested at Luton airport after landing in the UK on a flight from Turkey

A man accused of being one of the ‘ISIS Beatles’ has been arrested by counter-terrorism police at Luton Airport this evening.

Aine Davis, who is alleged to have been involved in guarding, torturing and beheading prisoners for the terrorist group, arrived in the UK on a flight from Turkey, according to the BBC.

He had been deported from the country after spending seven-and-a-half years in prison for being a member of ISIS.

The 38-year-old has previously denied being ‘Jihadi Paul’, a member of the group named after the Beatles due the British accents of its members.

Davis was allegedly arrested after landing at Luton Airport (pictured) on a plane from Turkey today

The group was thought to have been made up of four British ISIS converts, who were given the role of guarding hostages. 

They became infamous after video tapes were released showing them beheading hostages, with US authorities believing they killed 27 in total. 

On his arrival into Britain Davis was arrested by officers from the Metropolitan Police’s Counter Terrorism Command.

In a statement the Met Police said: ‘Officers from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command have today, Wednesday 10 August, arrested a man at Luton airport.

‘The 38-year-old man was arrested this evening after he arrived into the UK on a flight from Turkey. 

‘He was arrested in relation to offences under sections 15, 17 and 57 of the Terrorism Act, 2000 and was taken to a south London police station, where he currently remains in police custody.’

Before being deported today, Davis had been in a prison in the capital Ankara for the last seven years.

He was captured by Turkish authorities in November 2015 in Istanbul, and in 2017 was convicted of being a member of ISIS, which had been designated a terrorist group.

Last month it was reported Turkey wanted to send him back to the UK at the end of his sentence as it doesn’t want to become a ‘dumping ground’ for Western terrorists.

During his court trial he denied being a member of the ‘Beatles’, a terrorist cell which became among the most notorious in ISIS. 

Led by ‘Jihadi John’ – real name Mohammed Emwazi – the group beheaded Western captives.

Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh are both British but they renounced their citizenship when they joined ISIS in Syria in 2014

Emwazi was killed by a US drone strike in 2015, while two other members of the group were convicted of terrorism charges in the United States in April.

Alexanda Kotey – known as ‘Jihadi George’ – and El Shafee Elsheikh – known as ‘Jihadi Ringo’ – are both British but they renounced their citizenship when they joined ISIS in Syria in 2014.

They murdered two dozen hostages including Americans James Foley, Steven Sotloff, Peter Kassig and Kayla Mueller, and at least eight other hostages from different countries, including the UK.

Kotey and Elsheikh were both found guilty of terrorism charges in Virginia, US, and the former was sentenced to life in prison.

Elsheikh will be sentenced for his crimes later this month.

‘The Beatles’ were given their name by British hostage John Cantlie, a freelance journalist who used the name as a code so he could talk about his captors covertly