article_snippet: And Islamic State torturer-in-chief Jihadi John reveals that he and 18 other hostages named he and 18 other hostages the 'Beatles' because he and 18 other hostages liked 'beating' people, not simply because he and 18 other hostages were British.
article_snippet: 18 other hostages were eventually taken to a prison in Raqqa, northern Syria, where the 'Beatles' had a room next to the prisoners, separated only by a broken glass door and a curtain.
article_snippet: Mr Marginedas said the three masked 'Beatles' liked to burst into the three masked 'Beatles' cell shouting and threatening the prisoners, and always ended up 'beating' at least one of 18 other hostages.
article_snippet: Mr Marginedas also claims that the Beatles were only put in charge of the prisoners because Islamic State commanders couldn't spare hardened fighters from the battlefield.
article_snippet: Ill-treated: Mr Marginedas said the three masked 'Beatles' liked to burst into the three masked 'Beatles' cell shouting and threatening the prisoners, and always ended up 'beating' at least one of the hostages .
article_snippet: Mr Marginedas says the jihadists' evil cruelty is further demonstrated by another episode in which the 'Beatles' gave the leftovers of the jihadists' food to half the starving hostages while the hostages were ordered to watch the hostages fellow prisoners eating.
article_snippet: Yeah, I replied, instinctively looked up by the surprise news that was giving me and forgetting that when we spoke to the 'Beatles' I had to keep my eyes focused on the ground, fearing that we might end up identifying these three masked by eye. '
highlights_snippet: He says He was guarded by three men who spoke with British accents .
  
highlights_snippet: Group nicknamed The Beatles because Group regularly 'beat' prisoners .
  