Islamic State member El Shafee Elsheikh sentenced to life in prison
by Ramon Antonio Vargas and agencies from World news | The Guardian on (#62PJ3)
The former British national was involved in taking hostage and beheading American journalists and aid workers
A federal judge on Friday handed a life sentence to an Islamic State cell member who had a role in a hostage-taking scheme leading to the beheadings of American journalists and aid workers.
The punishment from Judge TS Ellis III for the former British national El Shafee Elsheikh, 33, came after a jury convicted him in April at the end of a six-week trial.
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