A jihadist from the Islamic State (IS) group, El Shafee el-Sheikh, was found guilty on Thursday April 14 by a US court of having played a role in the kidnapping and death of four American hostages in Syria within the sinister cell of the "
Beatles
".
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Accused of being a member of this trio, so nicknamed by the hostages because of their British accent, he was tried in Alexandria, near Washington, for his role in the capture and death of journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff, as well as aid workers Kayla Mueller and Peter Kassig.
His sentence will be pronounced later.
He faces life imprisonment.
