Thai murder: Police 'optimistic'

It's exactly twelve years since Welsh back-packer Kirsty Jones was murdered in Thailand.

Her mother has returned to the country for the anniversary and to offer a cash reward for information.

Jonathan Hill has travelled with her and he sent this report from Bangkok.

A grieving mother from Breconshire has made a desperate plea to the people of Thailand for help to trace her daughter's killer. Sue Jones has been speaking at a news conference on the eve of the twelfth anniversary of Kirsty's death

It comes as Dyfed-Powys Police reveal that they are offering ten thousand pound reward to catch the killer. Detectives from the force have travelled with.

Mrs Jones to Bangkok and then onto the northern city of Chang Mai where Kirsty was killed. Jonathan Hill's report from Thailand.

The mother of the murdered Welsh backpacker Kirsty Jones has arrived in Thailand along with officers from Dyfed Powys Police. The force has offered a substantial reward in return for information which will lead them to Kirsty's killer.

The mother of murdered backpacker Kirsty Jones is flying to Thailand tonight to offer a reward to help catch the killer.

Kirsty was strangled in a guest house in Chiang Mai in 2000, but her family has never given hope of getting justice.

Now Dyfed Powys Police has put up a substantial cash reward and officers from the force will be accompanying Sue Jones in Thailand as she renews her appeal for witnesses.