Thailand Kill: Death 2 Men and Guilty Found

Thailand kill: death two men found guilty and face-to-kill United Kingdom

Two men have been found guilty of the Burmese and sentenced to death for murdering two tourists in the United Kingdom in Thailand last year.

The judges said Zaw Lin and Wi-Vieux killed Hannah Witheridge, 23-year-old from Norfolk, and David Miller, 24, of Jersey.They were found dead on their backs beach in the southern Thai island of Koh Tao on September 15, 2014.He was accused retracted initial confessions as saying police tortured them, but the brother of Mr. Miller said has now "been delivered" justice.Miss Witheridge family said they needed time "to digest the results of the court's ruling."




In Thai court in Koh Samui, he found two of three judges from the bar workers - who were immigrants from Myanmar - on charges of murder and ordered that they face the death penalty.Was found on Miss Witheridge and Mr. Miller bludgeoned to death, an autopsy showed may miss Witheridge was raped.Prosecutors said DNA collected evidence of cigarette butts, condoms and the bodies of the victims, linking Lin to the WVU deaths.


But the defense of the accused's lawyer argued that the DNA of a garden shovel - allegedly used as a weapon of murder - did not match samples taken from men.He also claimed to have evidence mishandled by the police, and the confessions of the pair was the result of "systematic ill-treatment" of migrants in the region.Victims in Koh Tao met while staying at the same hotel.

"Justice delivered"

The Miss Witheridge at Essex University student from Hemsby study of language and speech therapy, and Mr. Miller has just completed a degree in civil and structural engineering at the University of Leeds.Miller family attended the hearing but did not relatives of Miss Witheridge not to travel to Thailand for the verdicts.She said her family that the ruling left them "in a whirlwind of emotions and difficulties path."In a statement they said: "We have served last year with a time of unimaginable impossible for our family We found the trial process is very difficult and our tours to Thailand to attend the court, and making the painful experiences in particular."We found listening to a very difficult procedure, and we had to endure a lot of painful and confusing information, and now we need time, as a family, to digest the outcome of the trial and find out the most appropriate way to tell our story."Speaking outside the court, Mr. Miller's brother Michael, "Justice is what has been delivered today," he said the Thai police investigation carried out "systematic and comprehensive".He said that the evidence against the accused "absolutely overwhelming", going on to describe his brother David, "irreplaceable".

"Left to die"

Miller said he hoped that the activists who "relentlessly" defended the cause of the accused are believed to be innocent of respect for the court's decision.Mr. Miller admitted that when he was first brought Lynn and WVU forward as suspects, and the family has seen pictures of the two "innocent men surrounded by a tough-looking police officers, and it was easy to conclude that it may be a ram convenient scapegoat."But he said the family decided to keep an open mind and listen to all the evidence.He said the widespread interest in the case of the defendants received a secured "the best possible representation in court by a team of seven senior lawyers".. ", [David] was hacked down from behind, dragged into the sea and left to die and that live with us forever." He added"Access to the right judgment."