British woman 'hit and dragged' before drowning

A British woman whose body was found in the sea near the Thai resort island of Koh Samui had been beaten and dragged before drowning, a forensics doctor said today.

A jet skier yesterday found the body of Katharine Horton, 21, still wearing an evening dress, in the sea near Lamai beach on Koh Samui, said police Maj. Tanongsak Aksornsom.