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The mother of a US journalist killed by IS wants captured British jihadis linked to his death to stand trial and to be kept out of Guantanamo Bay.

Diane Foley, whose son James was beheaded in 2014, said Alexanda Kotey, 33, and El Shafee Elsheikh, 28, part of a group of British jihadis known as The Beatles, must be tried and, if convicted, jailed for life.

She insisted: “We need to show them what real justice looks like.”

Ms Foley said she was “very against” sending the men to the US detention camp as it would “perpetuate the hatred”.

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Asked if she thought Guantanamo should be shut down she said: “Yes, that is my opinion.”

Kotey and Elsheikh, both from London, are believed to have tortured and beheaded dozens of people.

Defence Minister Tobias Ellwood also ruled out sending them to Guantanamo and said the men must be tried in an international criminal court to be “fairly held account for their actions”.

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Kotey and Elsheikh were detained in Syria and handed to US special forces.

It is thought they have been stripped of their British citizenship.

Of the group’s other two members, “Jihadi John” Mohammed Emwazi was killed in a drone strike in 2015 and Aine Davis is in jail in Turkey after being convicted of terrorism charges last year.