An Uber driver who was convicted of assaulting and killing a British embassy worker has been given the death penalty.
Tariq Houshieh admitted to murdering Rebecca Dykes in 2017.
Her body was found by a roadside in Lebanon.
Killer of British embassy worker gets death sentence
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