Briton to hang for murder

LONDON - A British man sentenced to death for murder in Singapore after killing and dismembering a South African tourist will…

LONDON - A British man sentenced to death for murder in Singapore after killing and dismembering a South African tourist will be hanged there onFriday, the British Foreign Office said yesterday. John Martin Scripps (35) was found guilty last year of killing Gerard George Lowe with a hammer.

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