Former British nationwide El Shafee Elsheikh has been discovered responsible of hostage-taking and conspiring to homicide journalists and support staff in Syria.
A jury discovered Elsheikh, 33, responsible on all counts following a trial in Alexandria, Virginia, simply outdoors Washington, on costs together with deadly hostage-taking and conspiracy to commit homicide.
US authorities have stated Elsheikh, 33, was considered one of 4 ISIS militants belonging to the cell, which operated in Iraq and Syria, and whose member had been nicknamed "the Beatles" for his or her British accents.
The cell garnered worldwide consideration after releasing movies of the murders of U.S. journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff and support staff Kayla Mueller and Peter Kassig, amongst different victims, in 2012 by way of 2015.
The ISIS Beatles ringleader, Mohammed Emwazi, nicknamed Jihadi John, was killed again in November 2015 throughout a drone strike.
Whereas one other member, Alexander Kotey beforehand pleaded responsible to a number of costs referring to the murders and is now dealing with life behind bars.
Aine Lesley Davis, the group's fourth member, was convicted in Turkey on terrorism costs and jailed.
The fees in opposition to Elsheikh carry a possible demise sentence, however US prosecutors have suggested British officers that they won't search the demise penalty in opposition to Elsheikh or Kotey.
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