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'No hope' for Thai mugging victim | 'No hope' for Thai mugging victim |
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The family of a Scotswoman left critically ill by an assault on a Bangkok street have flown to Thailand to be at her bedside. | The family of a Scotswoman left critically ill by an assault on a Bangkok street have flown to Thailand to be at her bedside. |
Doctors have told Lydia Riach's family that there is no more they can do for her. | Doctors have told Lydia Riach's family that there is no more they can do for her. |
Police hoped to release images of two people wanted in connection with the mugging at the weekend. | Police hoped to release images of two people wanted in connection with the mugging at the weekend. |
Mrs Riach, 58, and her husband Dougie had moved to Thailand from Inverness to start a new life. | Mrs Riach, 58, and her husband Dougie had moved to Thailand from Inverness to start a new life. |
The couple's grown-up children and Mr Riach's brother have arrived in Thailand to be at her bedside for her final hours. | The couple's grown-up children and Mr Riach's brother have arrived in Thailand to be at her bedside for her final hours. |
Police in Bangkok said they were aware of the situation and were set to launch a murder investigation. | Police in Bangkok said they were aware of the situation and were set to launch a murder investigation. |
Life support | Life support |
Mrs Riach was pulled to the ground after a man on the back of a motorcycle grabbed her handbag. | Mrs Riach was pulled to the ground after a man on the back of a motorcycle grabbed her handbag. |
She was on a ventilator, but remained critically ill. | She was on a ventilator, but remained critically ill. |
Mrs Riach gave up her job at Tesco's Inshes store in Inverness about a year ago to join her husband in Thailand. | |
The couple decided to start a new life in South East Asia after Mr Riach was offered a job in Bangkok. | |
He was one of the first directors of Inverness Caledonian Thistle and was closely involved with Culloden Rotary Club. | He was one of the first directors of Inverness Caledonian Thistle and was closely involved with Culloden Rotary Club. |