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| Thai murder victim inquest opens | Thai murder victim inquest opens |
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| The inquest on a 21-year-old student who was raped and murdered in Thailand last year is to open in Cardiff later. | The inquest on a 21-year-old student who was raped and murdered in Thailand last year is to open in Cardiff later. |
| Katherine Horton, from Cardiff, was attacked on New Year's Day 2006 as she made a phone call on a Koh Samui beach. | |
| The Reading University third-year psychology student's body was found floating in the bay 12 hours later. | The Reading University third-year psychology student's body was found floating in the bay 12 hours later. |
| Two fishermen, Wichai Somkhaoyai, 24, and Bualoi Posit, 23, were condemned to death, but their sentences were commuted to life in jail after appeal. | Two fishermen, Wichai Somkhaoyai, 24, and Bualoi Posit, 23, were condemned to death, but their sentences were commuted to life in jail after appeal. |
| Ms Horton was attacked on the beach where she and a friend had rented accommodation. | Ms Horton was attacked on the beach where she and a friend had rented accommodation. |
| Somkhaoyai and Posit, who had been drinking and watching pornography, beat her with the parasol pole of a beach umbrella, raped her and then dumped her out at sea, where she drowned. | Somkhaoyai and Posit, who had been drinking and watching pornography, beat her with the parasol pole of a beach umbrella, raped her and then dumped her out at sea, where she drowned. |
| Her body was discovered in the sea by a water biker on 2 January. | Her body was discovered in the sea by a water biker on 2 January. |
| Katherine Horton was killed on 1 January 2006 | |
| The pair admitted rape and murder charges after their arrest and the then Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to call for the "harshest possible punishment" for the men. | The pair admitted rape and murder charges after their arrest and the then Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to call for the "harshest possible punishment" for the men. |
| They were sentenced to death by lethal injection but immediately appealed against their sentences. | They were sentenced to death by lethal injection but immediately appealed against their sentences. |
| The pair's lawyer claimed they were convicted solely on DNA evidence and that they confessed to her murder "out of a sense of remorse". | The pair's lawyer claimed they were convicted solely on DNA evidence and that they confessed to her murder "out of a sense of remorse". |
| He said they were appealing on grounds that the death penalty was "too harsh" and that their conviction was secured without eyewitnesses. | He said they were appealing on grounds that the death penalty was "too harsh" and that their conviction was secured without eyewitnesses. |
| The death sentences were commuted to life sentences in November. | The death sentences were commuted to life sentences in November. |
| The student's family have said they hope that "life means life" for the men and said they wished to let the Thai judicial procedure run its course. | The student's family have said they hope that "life means life" for the men and said they wished to let the Thai judicial procedure run its course. |