British newspaper editor Francis Matthew has been charged with murdering his wife with a hammer in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.
Matthew, 60, editor of the Dubai-based Gulf News newspaper, was arrested after he called police last week to his home in an upscale neighborhood in Dubai where the body of his wife, Jane Matthew, 62, was found, The Independent reported on Tuesday.
According to Dubai authorities, Matthew admitted throwing a hammer at her but said he did not intend to “kill her.” The couple married in 1985.
Matthew has been a well-known reporter and commentator in the Persian Gulf since he arrived there back in the 1980s. He was editor of the newspaper from 1995 to 2005.
The Dubai Media Office issued a statement, saying the journalist had been charged with murder and that investigations were…