Updated: 09:58, Sunday December 25, 2005

Three men have been arrested in connection with the murder of a British tourist in Thailand.

James Edward Hall, 57, from Sunderland, was found dead in a bungalow on Chang Island's Sai Khao beach on Saturday.

Local police said the suspects, all male labourers in the area, had confessed to beating and robbing him.

"In the interrogation the three suspects confessed that they had beaten the victim in order to rob him of his money," Lieutenant Colonel Supin Naoprakhone said.

Mr Hall was said to have arrived on the island in October and was a frequent visitor.

Updated: 09:58, Sunday December 25, 2005

Three men have been arrested in connection with the murder of a British tourist in Thailand.

James Edward Hall, 57, from Sunderland, was found dead in a bungalow on Chang Island's Sai Khao beach on Saturday.

Local police said the suspects, all male labourers in the area, had confessed to beating and robbing him.

"In the interrogation the three suspects confessed that they had beaten the victim in order to rob him of his money," Lieutenant Colonel Supin Naoprakhone said.

Mr Hall was said to have arrived on the island in October and was a frequent visitor.

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According to the UK media,these three idiots where working for the gentlemen,as he was building a bar there.Talk about biting off the hand that feeds you.

Very sad for him,probably retiring to LOS for some R&R.I despair of mankind sometimes.

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