Tributes paid to Hannah Witheridge and David Miller

Tributes have been paid to Hannah Witheridge and David Miller, the two Britons found dead in Thailand.

Their deaths are being investigated by police in Koh Tao where their bodies were discovered on a beach on Monday.

The pair were found close to the beach bungalows they had been staying in having suffered serious head injuries.

"This should have been a holiday of a lifetime for her and ended in her losing her life," said Tony Reeve, a family friend of the Witheridges.

Mr Reeve said the whole community of Hemsby in Norfolk, where 23-year-old Hannah was from, is in a "state of shock".

He said: "She'd done really well in her studies, lots of care and charities that she'd done work for, it seems like she had a beautiful personality."

Brandon Lewis, the MP for Great Yarmouth, said that the family need time and space to come to terms with their grief.

He said: "Everybody's thoughts will be with the family. Anybody, especially anybody who's got children will just not be able to comprehend the pain that they must be going through at the moment.

"I suspect there will be an awful lot of family and friends who will be suffering and feeling a lot of pain at the moment and I think the best thing we can all do is just let them, deal with the situation.

"It's just a very tragic situation, to lose somebody so young so needlessly and so terribly and it's an awful situation."

A tribute page to Hannah has been set up on Facebook where friends have been sharing their memories.

Tributes have also been paid to David from Jersey.

Alan Hamel, who is assistant head teacher at Victoria College, where the 24-year-old was a student until 2008, said the school is "subdued" and is flying its pennant at half mast on Tuesday.

He said: "He was a young man of huge potential, a particularly talented artist. There was so much he could be doing with his life and to have it cut short in the way is really unbelievably cruel.

"We're still really trying to come to terms with what's happened here at the school.

"I think my lasting memory of him will be a smile, a wonderful sense of humour and also an ability to put his ideas across with conviction and thoughtfulness."

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