Lebanese Suspect Charged with Kuwait Murder of Filipina Maid

Lebanon's state-run news agency reported Tuesday that a Lebanese man has been charged with murdering a Filipina maid whose body was found stuffed in a freezer in Kuwait.

The agency said a south Lebanon prosecutor charged 40-year-old Nader Essam Assaf and that Assaf confessed to the crime.

Assaf and his Syrian wife are suspects in the death of Joanna Demafelis. The agency said Assaf's wife is at large.

Assaf faces a possible death sentence and is expected to go on trial soon, the agency added.

Last month, the Philippine foreign secretary said the suspect was under arrest in Lebanon.