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London (AFP) - A British man accused of being part of an Islamic State (IS) kidnap-and-murder cell known as the "Beatles" was arrested on his return to the UK on Wednesday, reports said.

The eleven-year-old daughter of a hostage killed by so-called Islamic State faced one of the men responsible for her father’s death in US court.

A British national who played a key hole in a scheme by the Islamic State to kidnap and kill Western hostages a decade ago has been sentenced to life in prison

British Islamic State (IS) “Beatle” El Shafee Elsheikh could be facing life in a “supermax” prison in Colorado after a US court found him guilty over his role in the kidnap and murders of Western hostages in Syria.

After a six-week trial and four hours of deliberations, a federal jury in Virginia finds 33-year-old El Shafee Elsheikh — whose British accent earned the Beatles' nickname — guilty on charges including lethal hostage-taking and conspiracy to commit murder.

David Haines, from Perth, tragically lost his life at the hands of the twisted terror cell, known as 'the Beatles' in September, 2014.

Alexandria (United States) (AFP) - El Shafee Elsheikh, convicted on all charges in the deaths of four American hostages, went to Syria a decade ago with two childhood friends from London to wage jihad against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.

El Shafee Elsheikh is the most high profile Isis figure to stand trial in the US

A jury began deliberations Wednesday in the trial of El Shafee Elsheikh, a former British national who went to Syria to join ISIS and allegedly became a member of the notorious kidnap-and-murder cell known as the "Beatles." Wrapping up the government's case, prosecutor Raj Parekh said it had been proven…

Prosecutors in a British man's terrorism trial say the only thing jurors need to know to convict him is that he was one of three Islamic State hostage-takers known as “The Beatles."

Alexandria (United States) (AFP) - A jury began deliberations Wednesday in the trial of El Shafee Elsheikh, a former British national who went to Syria to join the Islamic State and allegedly became a member of the notorious kidnap-and-murder cell known as the "Beatles."