British national El Shafee Elsheikh has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in an Islamic State scheme that took westerners hostage a decade ago. 7NEWS
Elsheikh’s hostages gave him a somewhat whimsical nickname - he was dubbed a “Beatle” along with other English-accented captors - but the moniker belied the viciousness of his conduct.
The convictions revolved around the deaths of four American hostages: James Foley, Steven Sotloff, Peter Kassig, and Kayla Mueller. All but Mueller were executed in videotaped beheadings circulated online. Mueller was forced into slavery and raped multiple times by Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi before she was killed.
Parekh said it was difficult to convey the brutality of Elsheikh’s actions. “We lack the vocabulary of such pain,” he said, paraphrasing Dante’s Inferno. Foley’s mother, Diane Foley, said holding Elsheikh accountable at trial sends a message of deterrence to other would-be hostage takers.
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