Businessman strangled Thai go-go dancer and dumped naked body in river

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A businessman has been jailed for eight years after murdering a Thai sex worker by stuffing her naked body in a suitcase and chucking it in a river.

Shane Looker, 52, killed dancer Laxami Manochat in November, 2014 while on holiday. After the murder, Looker stayed in his holiday home for weeks before crossing the border to Malaysia, and fleeing to Spain until his arrest in 2017 as reported on StokeonTrentLive.

He was finally extradited back to Thailand last July following a hearing before the European Court of Human Rights. READ MORE: Ex-escort sells everything she owns to look after mistreated cats It followed assurances that Looker would not face the death penalty or be mistreated in Thailand.

Now Looker - who grew up in Windermere Road, Clayton - has been convicted of the murder and also ordered to pay Laxami's mother and daughter a total of £291,300 in compensation.