British tourists murder trial opens

KOH SAMUI, Thailand: Defense lawyers for two Myanmar migrants charged with killing two British tourists in Thailand criticized police handling of the case as the trial opened Wednesday, accusing them of failing to secure the crime scene or call in medical experts quickly enough.
Zaw Lin and Win Zaw Tun have both pleaded not guilty to the murder last September of 24-year-old David Miller and the rape and murder of Hannah Witheridge, 23, on Koh Tao island, where their bodies were left on a beach just a few hundred yards from the main tourist drag. Their deaths tarnished Thailand’s reputation as a tourist haven.