The mother of former Newcastle University student, Simone White, has spoken out about the “horrendous” journey she endured to reach her. Sue White travelled 16 hours to Laos after her daughter was allegedly poisoned by methanol and died on November 21st.

I knew she was going to die,’ says mother of lawyer killed in Laos poisoning after call from daughter’s friend - Simone White had brain surgery and blood transfusions but died nine days after falling

Police have arrested the owner of a factory in Laos thought to be the source of the methanol poisoning that killed six tourists – including a British woman. The plant, outside the capital Vientiane is believed to have made the Tiger Vodka and Tiger Whiskey that they drank in the popular backpacker town of Vang Vieng.

The mother of a British lawyer who died after allegedly being served drinks laced with methanol in Laos has revealed the “horrendous” 16-hour journey she made to be at her bedside. Simone White, 28, from Orpington, Kent, was one of a number of people taken to hospital after the incident in the popular backpacking town of Vang Vieng.

The mother of a British lawyer who died of suspected methanol poisoning in Laos has described her race from the UK to be by her daughter’s side as she underwent brain surgery.

The mother of a British woman who died of methanol poisoning while backpacking with friends told of the ‘horrendous’ journey to Laos as her daughter’s life hung in the balance. Sue White, 61, said it was a ‘terrible,