Ein etwas längeres aber hochbrisantes englisches Pamphlet von Andy Hall :
I didn't have much time yesterday to tweet about my testimony in court as it was a marathon 12 hour session and so many issues. So I am very grateful to an unnamed individual who has sent me the below summary...
I have removed parts of one paragraph out of respect for the families of the female deceased Hannah Witheridge as that section of the information provides a graphic description of wounds relating to sexual violence that I don't consider personally should be discussed publicly.
What is copied below is as assembled by an unnamed individual present during the court proceedings. I do not accept responsibility for the below material and do not state it is a 100% accurate or complete summary of what I said in court yesterday..
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The British autopsy report on the body of Norfolk backpacker Hannah Witheridge, murdered in Thailand last year, does not match the Thai pathology report according to a renowned migrant rights expert.
British human rights activist Andy Hall told her murder trial in Koh Samui today that he had been given a copy of the Norfolk Coroners report, conducted after the bodies were returned to the UK last September, and there were serious discrepancies.
Ms Witheridge was murdered alongside fellow British tourist David Miller on the island of Koh Tao. It is alleged that the 23 year-old student had been raped before her death.
But Mr Hall told the court that the examination by the Norfolk coroner discovered .. (REMOVED) contradicting the contents of the Thai pathologists report conducted immediately after her death.
The prosecution has alleged that her injuries are consistent . (REMOVED)
Mr Hall, a British national, resident in Thailand, who has been working with the defence lawyers to try to prove the innocence of the two Burmese men accused of killing her and Mr Miller, did not disclose the full details of the report in court but he handed it to the judges. He also noted that the prosecution had provided very few photographs of the Thai autopsy to support their findings.
Close family members of Hannah Witheridge, including her parents and siblings, had been in court up to the moment discussion on the pathology reports was introduced. They asked in advance what the evidence would entail and decided not to return to the courtroom.
Mr Hall, who is a leading advocate for Burmese migrant workers in Thailand, said he had spent considerable time researching the Koh Tao murder case to compile his own report.
He said he had liaised with a British forensics expert to examine the CCTV evidence presented by the prosecution, allegedly showing one of the accused men, Wei Phyo running away from the scene of the crime in the early hours of September 15th 2014.
"The man's face in the CCTV images is not clear so his identity cannot be proven. But Mr Stephen Cole of Acume Forensics has done an extensive forensic analysis of the gait of Wei Phyo, and the man in the picture, using only the video evidence supplied by the prosecution, and has proven categorically that Wei Phyo could not be the so-called "running man," said Mr Hall. The full report was submitted to the court.
Mr Hall interviewed numerous Burmese nationals in Koh Tao after the arrests of 22 year-old Wei Phyo and his friend Zaw Lin of the same age.
He said many had detailed shocking police torture tactics to him.
"One man told me he had been playing football with friends sometime after the murders when police approached the six of them. Three ran away but he was captured, beaten, and had a plastic bag put over his head for fifteen minutes to try to get him to disclose the names of the people who had run off. His account was very similar to those given by Wei Phyo and Zaw Lin," said Hall.
Mr Hall said there appeared to be a system in Koh Tao condoning illegal workers and even profiting from them.
"Illegal migrant workers on Koh Tao are allowed to stay on the island as long as they pay a monthly fee of around 10 pounds for a locally-issued ID card. This money yet they only earn between the equivalent of one hundred and two hundred pounds a month," said Hall.
Mr Hall also highlighted an interview on national television by one of the police translators involved in the case, giving inside details of the crimes long before the trial, and claiming the murder weapon in the crimes was a wine bottle.
However the prosecution has alleged the victims were bludgeoned to death with a garden hoe found close to the murder scene. The court has heard that no DNA from the two accused was found on the alleged murder weapon.
The trial will continue until Friday. A verdict is expected in October.