Pair face death over Lebanon murder of British radio host

This file photo taken on January 26, 2017, shows a portrait of British citizen and prominent Radio One host Gavin Ford posing in the Lebanese based Radio station in the town of Beit Mery east of Beirut. (AFP)
Updated 12 February 2019
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Pair face death over Lebanon murder of British radio host

  • Two Syrian men, both in their twenties, were charged with the premeditated murder of Gavin Ford

BEIRUT: A Lebanese prosecutor requested a death sentence Tuesday against two Syrian men accused of the November murder of a British radio host, the national news agency reported.
The pair, both in their twenties, were charged with the premeditated murder of Gavin Ford, a British national who had been a popular radio host in Lebanon for years.
According to the Lebanese security forces, the two men have confessed to killing him.
Ford, who was 53, was buried in Lebanon.