A court in Kanchanaburi on Tuesday convicted a British man of the 2014 murder of a woman whose dismembered body was found in a suitcase dumped in a river. Shane Kenneth Looker was given an eight-year prison sentence for killing 27-year-old sex worker Laxami Manochat in a hotel room and disposing of her body. Police said the 51-year-old had been photographed with Laxami — nicknamed “Pook” — leaving a Bangkok go-go bar on November 1 2014 before the pair were seen entering a hotel together. Only Looker was seen leaving the premises, with a bellboy reporting his large bag was so heavy it took two …

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