Doctor's Family Want Syria Death Murder Probe

By Joe Tidy, Sky News Reporter

The family of a British doctor who died while in Syrian custody say they were told unofficially that he did not commit suicide.

Dr Abbas Khan, from London, died after spending 13-months in a Syrian prison on "terrorism charges".

The Syrian regime says he hanged himself in his cell on December 16 last year.

It was just days before he was due to be released and travel home to his wife and two children with his mother, who believes he was murdered.

At a pre-inquest hearing on Thursday, Fatima Khan and her children implored the Metropolitan Police - who are investigating the death – to treat it as a murder.

Dr Khan's mother Fatima

She says the family were told off-the-record by many Syrians at the recent Geneva peace talks that Dr Khan did not commit suicide.

The hearing also revealed that investigations are partly being held up by the Syrian regime, which has so far not responded to requests from the Met Police for photographs of the scene where Dr Khan is said to have hanged himself.

Speaking to Sky News after the hearing, Dr Khan's sister Sarah said of the investigation into her brother's death: "It's clearly got a long way to go until all the evidence is collected from all parties.

"I was at the Geneva talks and spoke to many Syrians who said my brother had not killed himself."

The inquest has been adjourned until May, when another pre-hearing is scheduled to take place.

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