A man convicted of abducting and murdering a woman in the early 1980s is set to be executed in Florida.

Kayle Bates, 67, is to receive a lethal injection at Florida State Prison on Tuesday evening.

Bates was convicted of first-degree murder, kidnapping, armed robbery and attempted sexual battery in the killing of Janet White in Bay County on 14 June 1982.

He abducted Ms White from the insurance office where she worked, took her into woodland behind the building and attempted to rape her, before stabbing her to death and tearing a diamond ring from one of her fingers, according to court documents.

Florida carries out its executions using a three-drug lethal injection consisting of a sedative, a paralytic and a drug that stops the heart, according to the state's Department of Correctio

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