, incarcerated in Turkey, is not considered by the US Justice Department to be part of the cell.
Mr Kassig, Mr Foley and Mr Sotloff were beheaded in videos that were then posted online and distributed around the world.Full interview: 'Beatles' jihadists speak to Sky in 2018During the trial, Assistant US Attorney John Gibbs told jurors that Elsheikh"played a central role in a brutal hostage-taking scheme".
They were given"dead legs" and placed in"stress positions" while being"threatened with murder", the court was told. Ed Kassig took to the witness stand to read a heartbreaking letter written to him by his son while he was held captive.