A British ISIS member has admitted being part of a cell known as The Beatles for the first time and apologised for his actions from the jail where he is being held in Syria.
El Shafee Elsheikh, who was born in Sudan but grew up in London, confessed to helping the terror group ransom western captives back to their families.
Elsheikh, known as George, spoke alongside Alexanda Kotey, known as Ringo, another British ISIS fighter, who repeated a confession that he gave last month in which he said he was also in the Beatles and had helped ransom westerners.
The pair are both accused of torturing hostages they kept, and Elsheikh is said to have earned a reputation for water-boarding and mock executions, but has denied the murder of hostages.
El Shafee Elsheikh has admitted being a member of the ISIS cell known as The Beatles for the first time, and described his job as being to ransom western hostages back to their families
Elsheikh's confession mirrors that of ISIS cellmate and fellow Beatles member Alexanda Kotey (left) who described himself as a 'fighter' who helped to ransom prisoners
Elsheikh also offered an apology for his time in ISIS, admitting that joining the terror group was 'a mistake' and he now wants this part of his life 'to be over'
Both men spoke to CNN from the jail in northern Syria where they have been held by Syrian Democratic forces since being captured in January 2018.
While the pair joked and smiled in early interviews, they cut a very different figure in the latest dispatch - heads bowed, eyes lowered and speaking in quiet voices.
'I consider my role in this whole scenario, this whole episode as one of my mistakes that I would like to apologise for,' Elsheikh said.
'[To] everybody involved and everybody who was affected, directly or indirectly.'
Asked why he was offering an apology and confession now, after denying his role in ISIS for so long, Elsheikh added: 'I just want this period to be over.
'I know what needs to be done. The truth has to come out.'
Pressed whether he was trying to avoid extradition to the US where he could face the death penalty for the murders of James Foley, Pete Kassig and Steven Sotloff, Elsheikh said it is unlikely anything he says will stop him being taken to America.
He continued to deny having anything to do with the deaths of the three men - or any of the other 27 westerners though to have been killed by The Beatles, including Britons Alan Henning and David Haines.
Elsheikh and Kotey also deny torturing western ISIS prisoners, contradicting accounts that their former captives have given since they were freed.
Kotey gave a separate interview last month in which he made a similar confession to Elsheikh and admitted trying to organise terror attacks in Britain from Syria
Elsheikh's confession mirrors that of cellmate Kotey, who gave an interview to ITV back in May in which he acknowledged being an ISIS member for the first time.
Kotey admitted funnelling cash back to UK extremists and helping to arrange a firearm for an attack that would have been carried out in Shepherd's Bush - where he was raised - but said he was not told details of the plot.
Alongside fellow British terrorist Mohammed Emwazi, better known as 'Jihadi John', Koey confessed to being an ISIS 'hostage keeper' in Syria.
Their job, he said, was to extract information from prisoners.
Discussing his role with Emwazi he said the Londoners had joined Islamic State in Idlib as regular
