Two eyewitnesses testified today against a Thai policeman accused of gunning down two young British tourists, and a prosecution lawyer called it a breakthrough in the case.

The grieving father of a British tourist gunned down in Thailand looked for remorse in the accused killer’s eyes today and said: “I saw none. I saw the cold heart of an executioner.”

A Thai court has released on bail a policeman accused of gunning down a young British couple two months ago, sparking fears that he might try to intimidate witnesses, a prosecuting lawyer said today.

Thailand’s international image is suffering over its inability to capture a policeman suspected of murdering two British tourists last month, a senior tourism official said today

The Thai policeman wanted for the murder of two British backpackers remains “in hiding” today, police said.

A British woman killed in Thailand was mown down by a car and dragged for 20 yards after trying to stop a gunman – believed to be a policeman – who shot her boyfriend dead, it was revealed today.

Just hours after his six-year-old son died of bird flu, a tearful Chamnan Boonmanut today accused the Thai government of covering up the outbreak and failing to provide information that could have saved his child’s life.

ASIA'S bird flu crisis deepened yesterday as Indonesia said "millions" of its chickens had died from the illness, making it the seventh nation to confirm the deadly disease.