Death sentences for killers of Khashoggi

UK FEEL MORE COULD BE GUILTY

BRITAIN has urged Saudi Arabia to ensure “all of those responsible” for the killing of the dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi are brought to account.

Saudi authorities announced yesterday five people had been sentenced to death for the brutal murder last year of Mr Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.

But the verdict was swiftly condemned by critics as a “mockery” amid complaints that those who ordered the killing had been left untouched by the investigation.

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said Mr Khashoggi’s family deserved justice for what had happened.

“The killing of Jamal Khashoggi was a terrible crime. Mr Khashoggi’s family deserve to see justice done for his brutal murder,” he said in a statement.

“Saudi Arabia must ensure all of those responsible are held to account and that such an atrocity can never happen again.”

The murder of Mr Khashoggi – a prominent critic of the Saudi royal family – by a team of Saudi agents when he went to pick up documents which would have allowed him to marry his Turkish fiancee, caused widespread international revulsion.

In all, 11 people were put on trial in Saudi Arabia for the murder – described by the authorities as a “rogue operation” – although their names have not been made public.