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Brother of murdered Scots aid worker ‘ready to stare down' ISIS thugs in court

Mike Haines is in the US preparing to come face-to-face with the terrorists accused of killing his brother David.

Daily Record

'Beatles' terror victim's brother 'ready to stare down those who killed David'

Mike Haines is in the US to read a victim impact statement as British terrorist Alexanda Kotey is sentenced for his role in executing hostages

Wales Online

‘Beatles’ terror victim’s brother ‘ready to stare down those who killed David’

Mike Haines is in the US to read a victim impact statement as British terrorist Alexanda Kotey is sentenced for his role in executing hostages.

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First Thing: Russia’s Black Sea flagship sinks

Kremlin says it will reinforce borders including nuclear weapons if Sweden and Finland join Nato. Plus, Islamic State ‘Beatles’ member convicted

The Guardian - UK

Brother of murdered Briton welcomes IS cell member’s conviction

Mike Haines says guilt of El Shafee Elsheikh in a US trial provides ‘some closure’ for death of David Haines

The Guardian - UK

Brother of murdered UK aid worker welcomes IS ‘Beatle’ El Shafee Elsheikh conviction

Mike Haines said the conviction of Londoner El Shafee Elsheikh for the murder of Western hostages brings ‘eight years of pain to an end’.

Evening Standard

Brother of murdered UK aid worker welcomes IS ‘Beatle’ conviction

Mike Haines said the conviction of Londoner El Shafee Elsheikh for the murder of Western hostages brings ‘eight years of pain to an end’.

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Islamic State 'Beatles' cell member El Shafee Elsheikh convicted of beheading hostages by US court

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.

ABC News

Police welcome conviction of British 'Beatle' IS terror cell member in US

The jihadist, who grew up in London, was accused of being one of a gang of four IS militants nicknamed 'the Beatles'

Wales Online

Brother of murdered Scots aid worker David Haines welcomes guilty verdict of Isis terrorist

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

Daily Record

U.S. jury finds member of Islamic State 'Beatles' cell guilty of terrorism offenses

A member of a group of Islamic State militants who beheaded American hostages in Iraq and Syria, nicknamed "The Beatles" for their British accents, was found guilty in U.S. court of terrorism offenses on Thursday.

Reuters

Brit convicted as 'Beatle' in Islamic State beheadings trial

A jury has convicted a British national for his role in an Islamic State group hostage-taking scheme that took roughly two dozen Westerners captive a decade ago

The Independent UK

British ISIS fighter El Shafee Elsheikh found guilty of role in kidnapping and killing hostages

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

The Independent UK

ISIS ‘Beatle’ Case Goes to the Jury in Virginia

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…

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The Independent UK

Prosecution: Briton was 1 of 3 'Beatles' hostage- takers

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."

The Independent UK

‘Relentless abuse and torture’: Prosecution wraps evidence in trial of British Isis fighter as jury deliberates

El Shafee Elsheikh denies being one of a kidnapping group nicknamed the ‘Beatles’

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Prosecutors Rest Case Against ISIS ‘Beatle’

Prosecutors rested their case Tuesday against an alleged member of the notorious ISIS kidnap-and-murder cell known as the "Beatles." El Shafee Elsheikh, 33, declined the opportunity to testify in his own defense at his trial in a federal court in Alexandria, Virginia. Asked by Judge T.S.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Former Hostages Unmask ISIS ‘Beatle’ at Trial

Former hostages taking the witness stand at the trial of their alleged ISIS group captor have described their brutal treatment in chilling detail. Eight former ISIS hostages have testified so far at the trial of El Shafee Elsheikh, accused of being a member of the notorious kidnap-and-murder cell known as…

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Evening Standard

El Shafee Elsheikh trial: Hostages of ‘sadistic’ IS terror cell forced to sing sick parody of Hotel California

Hostages of a “sadistic” Islamic State terror cell were forced to sing a sick parody of the Eagles song ‘Hotel California’ retitled ‘Hotel Osama’, a journalist has told a US court.

The Guardian - US

Court hears US hostage’s emotional letter to father as IS trial continues

Peter Kassig, who was later killed, described paralysis and hope and offered words of comfort to his family

The Independent UK

Witnesses describe hostages' despair at Brit's terror trial

Jurors at the terrorism trial of British national El Shafee Elsheikh are hearing emotional testimony as the trial stretches into its second week in a Virginia courtroom

The Independent UK

Former hostage of Isis Beatles describes torture following failed escape attempt

French journalist Nicolas Henin said he was taken to four different torture rooms

The Independent UK

Parents of Kayla Mueller sent personal plea to Isis leader Baghdadi asking for mercy

Isis captors ignored repeated pleas from Kayla Mueller’s parents to release her

The Independent UK

Isis on trial: What we have learned so far at the trial of British jihadist El Shafee Elsheikh

The self-confessed Isis member is accused of taking part in hostage-taking operation that led to the killing of American and British journalists and aid workers. Richard Hall reports from Alexandria, Virginia

The Independent UK

‘I hoped it was a cruel joke’: Mother of James Foley describes torment of son’s public killing by Isis

Diane Foley found out about the death of her son in a phone call from a journalist

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