Islamic State Militant Sentenced to 8 Life Terms in Killing of U.S. Hostages In April, a jury found El Shafee Elsheikh guilty on four counts of hostage-taking and four counts of conspiracy after a two-week trial.
Terrorism Trial Ends With Account of Aid Worker’s Enslavement El Shafee Elsheikh was accused of being one of four British members of the Islamic State responsible for the torture and killing of Kayla Mueller and three others.