Thai fishermen plead guilty to murder of British tourist

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.

Bualoi Posit (aged 23) and Wichai Somkhaoyai (aged 24) were charged by police with carrying out a brutal New Year’s Day attack on Katherine Horton, a 21-year-old student from Cardiff, whose body was found floating in the Gulf of Thailand on January 2.

The two men nodded affirmatively in turn when asked by a judge at the provincial court of Surat Thani, 330 miles south-west of Bangkok, whether they were guilty of the charges.