Jury determined he was a member of the notoriously brutal group who tortured and beat prisoners

A member of an Islamic State group that beheaded American hostages in Iraq and Syria, nicknamed “the Beatles” for their British accents, has been found guilty in a US court of terrorism offences.

A jury found El Shafee Elsheikh, a 33-year-old former British citizen, guilty on all eight counts following a trial in Alexandria, Virginia.

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