Tributes have poured in from friends and family of Simone, who have described feeling “devastated” by her death, Chronicle Live reports. Originally from Orpington, Kent, Simone studied law at Newcastle University and was traveling in the backpacking hotspot of Vang Vieng, Laos when she died.

Ms White among six to die after drinking alcohol suspected to have been laced with methanol in the backpacking hotspot Vang Vieng

Lawyer Simone White, 28, from Orpington in Kent, was among a dozen other tourists taken to hospital after visiting the backpacker town of Vang Vieng last week, The Times reported. Early on Friday, her death was confirmed by Thai authorities.

A New Zealander who had fallen ill from suspected methanol poisoning in Laos has now returned home, authorities have confirmed. No other details were given about the tourist, who is among several that fell sick or died in recent weeks after consuming what may have been tainted drinks in Laos.

A New Zealand citizen who fell ill after drinking contaminated alcohol in Laos has returned home following the deaths of six tourists due to supected methanol poisoning. New Zealand’s foreign ministry had earlier reported that one of its citizens fell ill in Laos and was believed to be a victim of the poisoning.

Simone White, a lawyer from the UK, passed away amid a suspected mass poisoning in Laos, in a case where four other deaths have already been confirmed by local authorities. The post Find out who the British lawyer was who died suspected of poisoning in Laos appeared first on Instafamosos.