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Brit could face death sentence in Saudi
A British teacher could be beheaded in Saudi Arabia if found guilty of murdering a friend with whom he came to blows during a heavy drinking session.
Formal charges could soon be laid against Andrew Cannon, 41, for the death of 57-year-old Robert Colman, according to The Daily Mail.
Cannon, from Basingstoke, Hampshire, admits there was a fight, but insists he did not cause his friend’s death.
The two men worked as English teachers in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, for subsidiary companies of defence contractor BAE Systems.
They lived in bachelor accommodation in the same building on a private compound.
The pair fell out during the illegal drinking session with both said to have ‘had a tendency to become violent with alcohol’.
Cannon claims Colman, from Newcastle, struck first, using his fists and an ashtray.
He says he fought back, hitting his friend on the head with a chair.
When Cannon was unable to wake Colman the next morning he panicked and fled to Bahrain where he was arrested attempting to board a flight to Britain.
The death penalty is mandatory for murder in Saudi Arabia but no Westerner has ever been executed.
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