A court in Thailand has sentenced three Thai men to death over the murder of a Scottish millionaire expatriate and his Thai wife whose brother allegedly ordered the killings.
Phrae Provincial Court issued its verdict in the case of 64-year-old retired petroleum engineer Alan Hogg and his 61-year-old wife Nhot Suddaen, whose bodies were found buried on their property in northern Thailand last September.
Police say the killers were traced after they stole the victims' pick-up truck, and that they had confessed to being hired by Ms Nhot's brother to kill the couple for financial gain.
A fourth defendant had his sentence commuted to 25 years in prison for co-operating with the investigation.
Alan had been involved with several UK businesses and was a director of a laundry firm in Bonnyrigg, near Edinburgh . He had lived in Thailand for several years.
