A man has been jailed after strangling a Thai sex worker before stuffing her body in a suitcase and hurling it into a river.
Shane Looker, 52, has been sentenced to eight years behind bars after killing Laxami Manochat, 31, in November 2014.
Looker, who is from North Staffordshire, had laid low in his holiday home for weeks before crossing the border into Malaysia and fleeing to Spain, Stoke-on-Trent Live reports.