Tributes paid to tourists beaten to death in Thailand

The families of two young Britons found murdered on a Thai island have paid tribute to them as police continue the search for their killer.

The bodies of David Miller, 24, from Jersey, and Hannah Witheridge, 23, from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, were discovered semi-naked on a beach in the divers’ paradise of Koh Tao on Monday.

Witheridge was described by her family as “a beautiful, intelligent, loving young woman who poured joy into the lives of all who knew her”, while Miller was a “hard-working, bright and conscientious” young man who would be “sorely, sorely missed”.