Daily Mail
March 5, 2015
A lawyer attempting to overturn the death sentence of a man convicted of murdering British school teacher Lauren Patterson in Qatar has accused prison guards of torturing his client.
Lauren Patterson, 24, from Kent, was sexually assaulted and stabbed and her burnt remains were left in a remote desert location by a local ‘casual acquaintance’ in October 2013.
Badr Hashim Khamis Abdallah al-Jabar and his accomplice maintained Miss Patterson’s death was accidental, but were found guilty of the brutal killing in March 2014.
Al-Jabr was sentenced to death and accomplice Mohamed Abdallah Hassan Abdul Aziz was jailed for three years for helping to dispose of Miss Patterson’s body.
Both men were arrested after Miss Patterson’s remains were found in a remote desert spot outside the Qatari capital city of Doha after she went missing following a night out.
The lawyer, who represents both men, said his clients had been kept in solitary confinement for 40 days between interviews with prosecutors, and the abuse they suffered would have ‘clouded anybody’s judgement’.