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 brother of a British aid worker killed by an Islamic State cell known as the Beatles" said the conviction of one of their members had closed an eight-year chapter of pain" for his family.

Mike Haines, whose brother David Haines was captured by militants in Syria in March 2013, welcomed the conviction of El Shafee Elsheikh, 33, in a US court, saying it had provided us with some closure".