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Sara Odeen-Isbister

Uber driver who raped and murdered British woman in Lebanon loses death sentence appeal

An Uber driver who raped and killed a British government worker in Lebanon has had his death sentence upheld.

Tariq Houshieh was convicted of the brutal sexual assault and murder of Rebecca Dykes in 2019, after she was found dead beside a road in Beirut in 2017.

The 30-year-old Brit had been working for the UK's Department for International Development in the Lebanese capital and was on her way home from a night out with colleagues when Houshieh attacked.

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