Body found in search for yachtsman

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Three Burmese migrants have been accused of slitting the throat of 64-year-old Malcolm Robertson and throwing his body overboard when they raided his yacht as he sailed with wife Linda off the Andaman sea coast.

A spokeswoman for the FCO confirmed a body had been found but said it had yet to be identified.

"We have got news from our post in Thailand that a body has been found," said the spokeswoman. "We still don't have any indication of the identity. Our colleagues in Bangkok are working on the case."

Mrs Robertson, 57, was tied up in the cabin of their 44ft yacht Mr Bean for around 10 hours in the raid on Monday. She was treated in hospital for minor injuries.

Mr Robertson owned a chain of coffee shops in and around his home town of Hastings, East Sussex.

Mrs Robertson's brother, John Clee, 63, from Battle, East Sussex, said he hoped reports of the discovery of a body were true.

He said: "I've just had a text from Linda's son Darren saying that they have been hearing reports for the past few hours of a body being found but that in the past half-hour they've been told it was just flotsam and jetsam.

"Until I hear otherwise, I'm going to believe what he is telling me but I do hope the reports are true.

"I can't imagine not being able to bring the body back, to bring closure on all this. I just hope it's true. I don't know how Linda would feel having to come back without Malcolm, that would just be awful for her."