A member of the so-called IS “Beatles”, the group that filmed themselves beheading Western captives in Iraq and Syria, has been sentenced to life in jail.
El Shafee Elsheikh, 33, was convicted within the US in April of hostage-taking and conspiracy to homicide.
The group killed British volunteers David Haines and Alan Henning, US journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff, and American assist staff Kayla Mueller and Peter Kassig, amongst others.
Hostages gave the group the Beatles nickname due to their English accents.
Elsheikh got here to the UK as a toddler refugee from Sudan and lived in White City, west London. His British citizenship was revoked in 2018.
During the trial, the jury was advised that Elsheikh “played a central role in a brutal hostage-taking scheme”.
He has been described as the primary guard within the group, with hostages saying he carried out a lot of the torture.
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Another member of the group, Alexanda Kotey, additionally from London, was given a life sentence earlier this 12 months.
Ringleader Mohammed Emwazi, referred to as Jihadi John, was killed in a US drone strike in Syria in 2015.
The fourth alleged “IS Beatle”, Aine Davis, was this month charged with terrorism offences when he arrived at Luton airport after being deported from Turkey.
Source: information.sky.com”