Beirut (December 19): An Uber driver with a criminal record has been arrested over the murder of a British embassy worker in Beirut.
Rebecca Dykes, 30, who had been working for the Department of International Development, was found dead by the side of a highway leading out of Beirut on Saturday.
Police in Lebanon have arrested an Uber driver in connection with the murder of a British woman in Beirut.
The arrested man was 35 and has served several prison sentences, a senior Lebanese security source revealed.
Dykes had been sexually assaulted and strangled, and the man is expected to be charged with rape and murder later this week, police sources said.
Her family said in a statement: “We are devastated by the loss of our beloved Rebecca. We are doing all we can to understand what happened.”
Dykes, who is believed to have been 30, had been working in Beirut as the programme and policy manager for the Department for International Development since January 2017.
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