Australian teacher strangled in Moscow hotel

An international murder hunt was launched after an Australian schoolteacher due to start work in the UK was found bound, gagged and strangled in a Moscow hotel room.

Tue, 22 Oct, 2002 - 11:14

An international murder hunt was launched after an Australian schoolteacher due to start work in the UK was found bound, gagged and strangled in a Moscow hotel room.

Peter Hughes, 55, of Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia was due to start work in a Northamptonshire school in September but failed to appear for class.

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