Embassy worker was strangled to death

A British embassy worker whose body was found dumped on a roadside in Beirut was strangled to death with a ligature, an inquest heard. Rebecca Dykes, 30, was with friends enjoying a night at a café in the Gemmayze district of Lebanon’s capital before she decided to walk home alone at midnight. She had told friends she need to go to sleep so she could catch an early flight for Christmas. Her body was found by the side of a…