Two Myanmar migrants were sentenced to death today for murdering a pair of British holidaymakers on a Thai island, in a case that sullied the kingdom’s reputation as a tourist haven and raised questions over its justice system.
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The court’s decision comes on the back of an investigation and trial which was quite controversial, as allegations of incompetence, mishandling of evidence and torture of the suspects were levelled against the police.
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Meanwhile, relatives of Hannah Witheridge, 23, previously said they were suffering the “same indescribable agony” as the family of of the 24-year-old after the bodies of the young Britons were found in Koh Tao in September last year.
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The two migrant workers, who are both 22, initially confessed to the crimes after going through police interrogation without any lawyers or a qualified interpreter.
Miss Witheridge’s family said they needed time to “digest the outcome of the trial” after an “unimaginably impossible time” over the past year. Police have denied the accusations. “This requires an independent investigation, which the police should certainly not be in charge of”, said Champa Patel, Amnesty International Director for Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
An appeal will be lodged in the next 30 days and it could take between six months to a year before a decision is reached, Mr Hall said.
Miss Witheridge had been raped while Mr Miller died after being hit over the head before drowning in the sea.
The British backpackers’ bodies were found on a Koh Tao island beach in September 2014.
Two Burmese migrants have been sentenced to death after their guilt was established in the brutal murders of two British backpackers in Thailand.
RUNGROJ YONGRIT/EPA Phyu Shwe Nu (c.) mother of Myanmar defendant Zaw Lin (not pictured) breaks into tears as she leaves after the court issued a death sentence to her son at Samui Provincial Court in Koh Samui Island, Thursday.
Thai police said forensic evidence, including DNA samples from cigarette butts found near the bodies, tied the men to the scene.
“We believe what happened today represents justice for Hannah and David”, said Miller.
Shortly after the murders, Mr Miller’s father, Ian, said he believed his son had stepped in to help Miss Witheridge when they were both killed. “As there were many disagreements on the validity of the evidence, we should be able to use this point to ask the Court of Appeals to look further”, he said.
“Everyone who is a human, if they hear that they are getting the death sentence, they will be sad, but this is the legal procedure so we have to adhere to the legal procedure”, U Win Maung told reporters in Bangkok.
Human rights activists have underlined the prejudices they say the case illustrates against migrant workers, who make up the bulk of the workforce in the resorts of southern Thailand.
“They’re confident during the appeal process they will be acquitted”.
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Around 2.5 million Burmese migrants work in the richer neighbouring country, many in the fishing and construction industries or as domestic helpers or cleaners in hotels and restaurants.
