Stay of execution for Briton in Pakistan

A man holding dual Pakistani and British nationality on death row for murder has been granted a stay of execution in Pakistan until October 1.

Mirza Tahir Hussain (aged 36), from Leeds was convicted of murdering taxi driver Jamshed Khan in 1988 in Pakistan. Hussain has always claimed the victim died when his own gun discharged during a struggle after Khan attempted to sexually assault him.