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Daughter of murdered Scots aid worker David Haines meets killers face to face

The daughter of a British aid worker murdered by an Islamic State terror cell known as "the Beatles" has learned of her father's final plea to his captors before being put to death. Bethany Haines said her father David had apparently asked ringleader Mohammed Emwazi, known as Jihadi John, to "make it quick" when he was led away to be murdered in 2014.

She said her father's final wish was recalled to her during a two-hour face-to-face meeting with Londoner Alexanda Kotey in Virginia, US, where he was jailed in April for his part in the torture and murder of western hostages.

Ms Haines told ITV news: "He (Kotey) told me that Jihadi John had been away to execute my father and my father knew what was coming, closed his eyes, and said: 'Can you make it quick? I can picture him saying that, in his orange jumpsuit, with his eyes closed. I can picture him saying: 'Please make it quick'."

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