The two men sentenced to lethal injection today for raping and murdering a British backpacker will have an automatic appeal on their death sentence under Thai law, it was disclosed today.

A Thai court today convicted two Thai fishermen for raping and murdering a British tourist at a Thai beach resort and sentenced them to death.

Two Thai fishermen arrested for the rape and premeditated murder of a British tourist earlier this month on the southern resort island of Koh Samui pleaded guilty on both charges today when charged in court.

The trial of two Thai fishermen who allegedly raped and killed British student Katherine Horton will be accelerated to restore Thailand’s tarnished reputation, police said today.