A Doha court upheld the death penalty in the retrial of a Qatari man convicted of murdering a 24-year-old British female teacher.
Badr Hashim Khamis Abdallah al-Jabr was found guilty of stabbing Lauren Patterson and then burning her body in the Qatari desert in October 2013.
"The defendant was fully aware of the consequences of his actions," Doha's court of cassation ruled.
It said that Jabr, who was not in court, should face the death penalty, the original verdict handed down in 2014.
Use of capital punishment is rare in Qatar, with the last known case of the death penalty being carried out, dating back to 2003.
Lauren’s mother, Alison, wept as details of the crime were read out and afterwards hugged other family members and friends who were present.
The Briton's murder was one of two high-profile cases involving Western teachers in Qatar in recent years.
In 2012, Jennifer Brown, a newly-arrived US teacher from Pennsylvania, was murdered by a Kenyan security guard, Alvine Moseti Anyona, who is now serving life in prison.