Quote:Briton 'Beat Step-Son To Death'

Police in Thailand have charged a British man with beating his eight-year-old step-son to death.
The boy's mother has accused David Murray, 37, of harming the child over poor school results.

Murray is being held on the holiday island of Phuket - where he has been living with the Thai national and her two sons for the past two years.

A local policeman said the body of Narid Curry Budtharai was covered in cuts and bruises.

His mother accused Murray of beating her son with a plastic pipe because the child had performed poorly in exams.

Murray is said to have fled the family home before returning two days later and handing himself into police.

The Foreign Office has told Sky News it is aware of the arrest of a British national in Thailand.

It is understood he has been visited by British consular officials and offered consular assistance.