BEIRUT — Judicial officials say an investigative judge is demanding the death penalty for a suspected killer of a British woman whose body was found near Beirut two months ago.
The officials says Hanna Breidi, a type of government prosecutor, issued an indictment Thursday demanding the maximum penalty for Tarek Houshi, 29, accusing him of raping Rebecca Dykes before strangling her with a rope.
They add that Uber driver Houshi raped and killed Dykes in Beirut then threw her body off a road east of the capital.
The officials speak on condition of anonymity in line with regulations.
Dykes was found dead on December 16 on the side of a road, strangled and reportedly showing signs of sexual assault. Houshi was arrested days later.
Breidi referred Houshi to the criminal court.
— AP
This undated family photo shows Rebecca Dykes, a British staffer at the British embassy in Lebanon, who was found strangled by the side of the road east of the Lebanese capital Beirut on December 16, 2017. (Britain’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office via AP)
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