The man who was found guilty of the murder of a British woman in Qatar has had his appeal rejected.

Badr Hashim Khamis Abdallah al-Jabr faces the death penalty after he was convicted for the murder of teacher Lauren Patterson, 24, in Doha in 2013.

Ms Patterson, from West Malling, Kent, was sexually assaulted, stabbed and her burnt remains were left in a remote desert location.

The killer of Lauren Patterson, 24, has lost his appeal against his death sentence. Badr Hashim Khamis Abdallah al-Jabr was convicted of the murder of the teacher, from West Malling, Kent, in Doha in 2013

Al-Jabr was sentenced to death in 2015 but a re-trial was called in February 2016.

Abdallah Hassan Abdul Aziz served a three-year sentence for helping to dispose of Miss Patterson's body.

Mother Alison Patterson wrote on Facebook: 'The judges have upheld the original death sentence.

Ms Patterson was sexually assaulted, stabbed and her burnt remains were left in a remote desert location. Al-Jabr was sentenced to death in 2015 but a re-trial was called in 2016

Mother Alison Patterson wrote on Facebook: 'The judges have upheld the original death sentence. Thank you to everyone for all your amazing support. Love to everyone'

'It will now go to the court of cassation within 60 days as they have the right to appeal.

'Due to the thoroughness of the judicial system here the likelihood of another appeal is highly unlikely (praying that is the case).

'Thank you to everyone for all your amazing support without all of you I don't know how I would have got this far. Love to everyone.'

Ms Patterson was teaching in Doha when she disappeared on a night out and was found with a knife in her ribcage.

In an appeal hearing in 2015, al-Jabr's defence lawyer said he had been kept in solitary confinement for 40 days between interviews with prosecutors.

He said the abuse they suffered would have 'clouded anybody's judgement'.

Accomplice Abdallah Hassan Abdul Aziz served a three-year sentence for helping to dispose of Miss Patterson's body. Lauren was teaching in Qatar when she was murdered on a night out

She and friend Lea Monet left a nightclub at La Cigale Hotel in Doha around 3.30am. Miss Monet testified that Miss Patterson was not drunk and had just returned from her grandmother's funeral in England

During the 2014 trial Miss Patterson's friend Lea Monet testified how she, Miss Patterson and the two men, who she said they were 'casually acquainted with', had left a nightclub at La Cigale Hotel in Doha around 3.30am on October 12.

She said Miss Patterson, who had just returned from attending her grandmother's funeral in England, was not drunk and was 'aware of her surroundings'.

In 2015, Alison said: 'Lauren was a hard-working girl who loved her job and spent most evenings of her time after work giving private tuition to pupils in their homes or studying to complete her degree.'