Thai man charged with killing and robbing Swiss woman

Police tape cordons off the area where a woman was found dead on Phuket, Thailand (AP)

A suspect in the death of a 57-year-old Swiss woman on Thailand’s tourist island of Phuket was charged with murder and robbery, police said on Sunday.

The suspect, Teerawat Thothip, a 27-year-old Thai man living in Phuket, confessed to the killing and even spoke by telephone at a police press conference to admit his guilt and describe the crime.