Distillery owner could face only three months in jail over alleged poisoning Australian teenagers
Fears of light charges in case of Bianca Jones and Holly Morton-Bowles and four other travellers confirmed by Laos court The distillery owner linked to the deaths of Australian backpackers Bianca Jones and Holly Morton-Bowles could serve just three months in jail after a court in Laos announced charges over the case. The teenagers, who were both 19, were travelling through south-east Asia when they were fatally poisoned with methanol while drinking at Nana backpackers hostel in Vang Vieng. Cont
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