A Thai court has sentenced two migrant workers from Myanmar to death after convicting them of the 2014 murders of two young British tourists on a holiday island.
The bodies of backpackers Hannah Witheridge and David Miller were found on a beach on the island of Koh Tao in September 2014.
Following weeks of pressure to solve the case, police arrested Myanmar migrant workers Zaw Lin and Win Zaw Tun, also known as Wai Phyo, and later said the two had confessed to the crimes.
The brutality of the murders dented Thailand's tourism image and raised serious questions about its treatment of migrant workers.
The verdict and sentence follow an investigation and trial that triggered allegations of police incompetence, mishandling of evidence and DNA tests and torture of the suspects.
Both accused later retracted their confessions saying they had been made under duress.
The verdicts came after 21 days of witness hearings in a trial that began in July and ended in October.
Police said Ms Witheridge, 23, had been raped and bludgeoned to death. Mr Miller, 24, also suffered blows to his head.
As is customary in Thailand, where trials have no jury, a judge delivered the verdict and sentence and said the DNA tests by investigators were carried out to acceptable standards and the DNA found on Ms Witheridge matched that of the defendants.
The debate over DNA samples that police say linked the two suspects to Ms Witheridge were at the heart of the trial.
Defence lawyers had asked to retest DNA samples but authorities issued conflicting statements on DNA evidence and, at one point, said that it had been used up.
Mr Miller's family flew to Thailand for the verdict.
His brother, Michael, delivered a statement to reporters outside the court and said justice had been delivered.
He said that the two men had shown no remorse for what they had done.
"We believe what happened today represents justice for Hannah and David," said Mr Miller.
"The Royal Thai Police conducted a thorough and methodical investigation ... evidence against the two was overwhelming."
Ms Witheridge's family said the trial had been distressing.
