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A Lebanese court sentenced an Uber driver to death on Friday for the murder of Hong Kong-raised British embassy worker Rebecca Dykes in December 2017, state news agency NNA said.
The driver, Tariq Houshieh, confessed to raping and strangling 30-year-old Dykes, who worked at the embassy in Lebanon for Britain’s Department for International Development.
The British embassy said it hoped the court’s decision would “provide a degree of closure” for those close to Dykes.
“Becky was much loved and is deeply missed,” it said in a statement.




Dykes was the daughter of prominent Hong Kong barrister Philip Dykes, a former chair of the Hong Kong Bar Association, and Lantau Island-based author Jane Houng.
She grew up in Hong Kong.
Lebanese judges routinely call for death sentences in cases of murder. But the country has an unofficial moratorium and has not carried out an execution since 2004, according to the monitoring group Human Rights Watch.
Uber driver confesses to killing British diplomat in Lebanon
“While we welcome the guilty verdict, the UK government continues to oppose the death penalty in all circumstances,” the embassy statement said.
The verdict was handed down by the Mount Lebanon criminal court, the district north of Beirut where the crime occurred, NNA reported.
A lawyer appointed to represent Houshieh said they would submit an appeal.
Additional reporting by South China Morning Post


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Lebanon Uber driver Tariq Houshieh gets death sentence for murder of Hong Kong-raised British diplomat Rebecca Dykes

An undated file of Rebecca Dykes, who was found murdered in Lebanon in 2017. Photo: Dykes family via Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Shock and sympathy after death of Hong Kong-raised British diplomat in Lebanon

Investigators said Dykes was strangled and left by the roadside. Photo: AP

Philip Dykes SC is representing lawmaker Yau Wai-ching, appears at High Court in Admiralty. Yau appeals the ruling of a judicial review (disqualifying her from Lego seat) filed by chief executive. 24NOV16 SCMP / Dickson Lee

Uber driver confesses to killing Hong Kong-raised British diplomat in Lebanon

The road where the body of British embassy worker Rebecca Dykes was found. Photo: Reuters

Cars pass near the area where British embassy worker Rebecca Dykes' body is believed to have been found, by a main road outside Beirut, Lebanon December 18, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Gloves are seen on the ground where British embassy worker Rebecca Dykes' body is believed to have been found, by a main road outside Beirut, Lebanon December 18, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Handout picture of Rebecca Dykes, who worked at the British Embassy in Beirut. The picture was supplied by her family, London, Britain, December 18, 2017. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office/Handout via REUTERS - ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES.

Denver police arrest Uber driver after passenger is shot dead

A police officer checking the Uber driver’s crashed car. Photo: AP

Suspect Michael Andre Hancock, 29, arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder after Denver police said he fatally shot a passenger in his vehicle, is shown in this booking photo in Denver, Colorado, U.S., provided June 1, 2018. Denver Police Department/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Denver Police Department detectives, foreground, investigate near where a Nissan sedan, top left, being driven by an Uber driver crashed into a retaining wall along Interstate 25 south of downtown Denver early Friday, June 1, 2018. The driver allegedly shot and killed a passenger at 2:45 a.m. after a confrontation broke out between the two while headed southbound on the interstate. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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Victim was daughter of prominent Hong Kong barrister Philip Dykes and Lantau Island-based author Jane Houng
Lebanon has unofficial moratorium on executions and has not carried out any since 2004



Rebecca Dykes was daughter of prominent Hong Kong barrister Philip Dykes and Lantau Island-based author Jane Houng.


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