Jamaican police arrest man over British honorary consul's death

The Jamaican authorities have charged a man in connection with the killing of a British honorary consul on the island last year.

The assistant police commissioner, Les Green, yesterday identified the suspect as 23-year-old Richard Ewan, a security guard from Montego Bay.

John Terry, 65, who was described by the foreign secretary, David Miliband, as a "key member of our team", was found outside his home in Mount Carey St James in September. He had a cord tied round his neck and appeared to have been beaten, local officials said at the time.  Green said Ewan had known Terry.

The Jamaica Observer reported that Ewan was charged with conspiracy to murder after a police interview on Wednesday.

Jamaican police and the British high commission in Jamaica were unavailable for comment.

Terry, originally from New Zealand, had lived in Jamaica since 1967, and represented the British high commission on the island's western end. He was awarded an OBE in 1992.