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January 10, 2016
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January 10, 2016
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Just go home and make another one
Family of murdered Hannah Witheridge claim Thai authorities told them:
Just go home and make another child
Tue 12 Jan 2016
Hannah Witheridge was raped and murdered in September 2014.
Credit: Family handout
The family of murdered British tourist Hannah Witheridge claim Thai authorities told them to "just go home and make another one" after her death.
Miss Witheridge, 23, from Norfolk, was raped and brutally murdered on a beach on the island of Koh Tao in September 2014.
She died alongside fellow tourist David Miller, 24, who had been hit over the head and left to drown in the sea.
Laura Witheridge, Hannah's sister, has written a powerful Facebook post, accusing Thai officials of making a series of hurtful comments to her family during the investigation and subsequent trial.
She also claims to have received death threats and disturbing crime scene photographs.
David Miller was also killed.
Credit: Family handout The family of the 23-year-old are still coming to terms with her death.
Credit: Facebook
Miss Witheridge said her post was designed to dispel people's view of Thailand as "the most beautiful place in the world".
She also expressed concerns about "many more suspicious deaths" on the island since her sister's murder.
"You probably haven't heard of them all, as not all were British nationals. The deaths, where possible, are covered up as suicides and accidents," she alleged.
"This would have happened with Hannah, if it had not been for the hideous brutality of her passing."
Bar workers Zaw Lin and Wai Phyo, also known as Win Zaw Htun, were found guilty of their murders last month but are challenging the verdict.
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Pichayada Promchertchoo
12 Jan 2016
British students, Hannah Witheridge and David Miller, were found naked and beaten to death early September 15, 2014 near a beachside bungalow on the island of Koh Tao.
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BANGKOK:So, as some of you may have already seen- there has been another death of yet another British National on koh tao. I...Myanmar national Win Zaw Tun arrives at court in Koh Samui for the start of his trial in July.
Posted by Laura Witheridge on Sunday, 10 January 2016
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Corrupt police make Thailand a 'dangerous trap', says sister of murdered British tourist
Oliver Holmes
12 January 2016
Laura Witheridge says Thai authorities mistreated her family, bungled the investigation and covered up other murders on idyllic tourist islands
The sister of murdered backpacker Hannah Witheridge has warned that Thailandpostdeath sentencebody was found in a poolsentencing of migrant bar workersrescinded their statementsvideoComment
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Koh Tao Murder - Thai Police, their scapegoates and tourist trade - Exposed by Anonymous
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After the message was posted, Pol Gen Chakthip Chaijinda, the Royal Thai Police Chief, threatened to file lawsuits against Laura for defaming the Thai police.
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Thailand investigates allegations of corruption and harassment by sister of British backpacker raped and murdered on Koh Tao
Saturday, 16 January, 2016
Myanmar migrant workers Zaw Lin (right) and Wai Phyo were sentenced them to death for the murders of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller.
Photo: EPAWhy are you so bothered? Just go home and make another oneBritish students Hannah Witheridge (left) and David Miller were found murdered on the island of Koh Tao in September 2014.
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Hannah Witheridge, 23, from Norfolk, was found on Sairee beach on Koh Tao island alongside 24-year-old David Miller, from Jersey, in September 2014. Witheridge had been raped and bludgeoned to death and Miller had been attacked and left to drown in the surf, Thai police say.
The Burmese migrant workers Zaw Lin and Wai Phyo were sentenced to death for the crime on 24 December, a move widely condemned by human rights groups who said migrants in Thailand had been used as scapegoats for crimes in the past.
Laura Witheridge
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Koh Tao Murders: Lawyer Alleges Prison Mistreatment
Teeranai Charuvastra
26 January 2016
Protesters 'cosplay' as Zaw Lin and Wai Phyo at a Dec. 26, 2015, rally near Thai-Myanmar border.
BANGKOK Zaw Lin and Wai Phyo at the Oct. 3, 2014, police news conference on Koh TaoComment
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Thai murder appeal?
were found guilty of two counts of murder on Christmas Eve after they attacked and killed Mr Miller (24) and Norfolk-born Hannah Witheridge (23) on the island of Koh Tao on 15 September 2014. They were both also convicted of raping Miss Witheridge.
The men were sentenced to death for their crimes by the Koh Samui Court.
After the sentencing, defence lawyers and activists vowed to fight the decision and said they intended to lodge an appeal within the 30-day deadline, which expired on Saturday 23 January. They now have until Wednesday 24 February to appeal against the verdict.
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Sam Russell
08 February 2016
Hannah Witheridge was killed in 2014 in Thailand.
An inquest into the death of Hemsby student Hannah Witheridge has today concluded that she was unlawfully killed in Thailand in 2014.
Win Zaw Htun, right, and Zaw Lin, left, both 22, were convicted of murdering Hannah Witheridge and David Miller
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Tony Witheridge leaving the inquest into the death of his daughter Hannah.
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Lawyers Request Extension of Appeal Deadline in Koh Tao Murder Case
ZARNI MANN
Thursday, February 18, 2016
Burmese migrant worker Win Zaw Htun sits in a prison truck as he arrives at the Koh Samui Provincial Court on July 22, 2015.
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Monday, 4 April 2016
Myanmar migrant workers, who are accused of the killing two two British tourists, Zaw Lin (R) and Wai Phyo (L) are escorted by a Thai police officer after they were sentenced to death at the Samui Provincial Court, on Koh Samui Island, Thailand, 24 December 2015.
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Appeal deadline extended for Koh Tao pair facing death sentence
20 April 2016
A File photo of Burmese migrant worker Win Zaw Htun as he is transported in a prison truck to Koh Samui Provincial Court.
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The appeal deadline for two Burmese migrant workers on death row has been extended by one month, according to counsel for the pair.
A Koh Samui court handed down a death sentence to Win Zaw Htun and Zaw Linn, accused of the violent murder and rape of two British holiday makers on the tourist island of Koh Tao.
The Thai legal defence team requested the postponement, claiming they have not yet completed their appeal preparations.
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C4 to air secret footage of Koh Tao murderers
April 20, 2016
The Koh Tao murderers have appealed against their convictions
SECRET interviews with two men convicted of murdering a Jersey backpacker and a woman from Norfolk on the Thai island of Koh Tao in 2014 will be aired on British television for the first time tonight.
A Channel 4 documentary called Murder in Paradise, which tells the story of the police investigation and controversies surrounding the deaths of former Victoria College student David Miller (24) and Hannah Witheridge (23), will be shown at 10 pm.
Footage included in the documentary shows Burmese migrants Zaw Lin and Wai Phyo, who were found guilty of murder and rape last Christmas Eve, protesting their innocence during an undercover interview in prison in which they are heard telling two men in Burmese how they were threatened with torture unless they admitted to the killings of Miss Witheridge and Mr Miller.
The hour-long documentary, which has been put together by film-makers MAKE Productions, includes interviews with investigating officers and families of other Britons who have died on the popular tourist Island.
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