The verdict capped a two-week trial that featured the testimony of former captives who detailed relentless beatings, waterboarding and killings by an Islamic State cell known as the Beatles.
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Terrorism Trial Ends With Account of Aid Worker’s Enslavement
El Shafee Elsheikh was accused of being one of four British members of the Islamic State responsible for the torture and killing of Kayla Mueller and three others.
ISIS ‘Beatles’ Fighters Being Brought to U.S. to Face Charges
Two Britons accused of involvement in the kidnapping and torture of American hostages were brought to the United States to face charges more than two years after they were captured in Syria.