A Scots oil worker accused of murdering his colleague on a rig in Qatar has been named, as a recruitment firm stopped hiring workers for jobs in the country after the shocking incident.
Scott Forrest, who has been named by oil sources, is in police custody after the incident which took place on Monday. Forrest, who is from Aberdeenshire, was working onboard the North Oil Companies B Location facility in the Al Shaheen field when a man, believed to be his cabin mate, was found dead.
Christopher Begley, of Coatbridge, near Glasgow, was also attacked within a cabin in the early hours of Monday morning and is now recovering at home. Forrest has been arrested in connection with the alleged attacks as police in the Arabian Gulf investigate what happened.
