On the day British police finally made it to the Thai island of Koh Tao the scene of the murders of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller, Britain’s Foreign Office has stated that it is concerned not only about the alleged mistreatment of the two Burmese men now held in Koh Samui jail but also concerned […]
The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office has intensified its travel advisory to Thailand focusing on the Samui Archipelago, the scene of the recent murders of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller. It warns of unprovoked attacks whether by individuals or in gangs and now includes Koh Tao in addition to Koh Samui and Koh Phangan. The […]
ANOTHER RED HERRING? Thai PBS Television claimed today that one of the killers of David Miller and Hannah Witheridge stole Miller shorts after the murders on the holiday island of Koh Tao on Monday. PBS claims that CCTV footage shows a suspicious character running past the camera from the direction of the crime scene. The […]
‘Somewhere in this life there must be a place, an experience, an encounter, that changes everything!’ FLYING SPORRAN’S WEEKEND DIARY These are the opening titles to the film trailer for ‘The Beach’ from the novel by Alex Garland, at one time a backpacker’s bible. ‘The Beach’ in question chosen for the film was ‘Maya Beach’ […]
SUSPECTS ZERO – ESCAPE ROUTES OPEN – AND BURMESE TAKE THE BRUNT OF POLICE OPERATIONS. Thai Police were today raiding the homes and workplaces of more Burmese migrant workers on the Thai holiday island of Koh Tao after DNA tests showed no matches with any former suspects in the murders of Britons Hannah Witheridge and […]
PRESSURE ON THAI POLICE TO END SPECULATION Two men had sex with Hannah Witheridge on the night she died and the DNA on one matched the DNA found on a cigarette discarded nearby. DNA tests also showed no matches with 12 Burmese so far interviewed and no matches with Christopher Ware,25, a travelling companion of […]
BUT THAI PRESS FINGER OF ACCUSATION RETURNS TO BRIT – AS TWO ARE STOPPED FROM LEAVING THAILAND. ‘Hannah was gripping blond hair before she died’ – claim (but perhaps not as dramatic as it sounds) Murder victim David Miller likely struggled with his attacker in the sea off the Thai holiday island of Koh Tao […]
FRIENDS OF VICTIMS HEAD BACK HOME Consul Michael Hancock arriving on Koh Tao Thai Police investigating the murders of backpackers Hannah Witheridge and David Miller were today holding three Burmese workers on the Thai holiday island of Koh Tao after CCTV footage showed an Asian man prowling near the murder spot. wreaths at a spot […]
NAKED COUPLE HARDLY KNEW EACH OTHER. Police in Thailand said tonight they wanted to an interview a British man in connection with the brutal murder of two young backpackers on the Thai holiday island of Koh Tao. As the bodies of David Miller, 24, from Jersey, and Hannah Witheridge, 23, from Norfolk, were stored in […]
THAT’S JUST THE WAY THE STORY GOES! FLYING SPORRAN’S WEEKEND DIARY I am really touched by the testimonials which have been coming in this week as I ready myself to strive again, or rather waste time and cash, to fight two more flippant but malicious libel and computer act cases this time from a ‘woman […]
Andrew Drummond is a British independent journalist and occasional television documentary maker. He is a former Fleet Street, London, journalist having worked at the Evening Standard, Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, News of the World, Observer and The Times.