The sister of a British backpacker murdered in Thailand has attacked the country’s authorities for dismissing her family’s grief.

Two men who could face the death penalty for the murders of a pair of British backpackers in Thailand are “confident” they will be acquitted as they prepare to learn their fate today, their legal team has said.

A lawyer for two Burmese migrant workers accused of murdering two British tourists in Thailand has claimed that official questioning of the suspects was flawed and unprofessional.