A BRITISH lawyer has died after apparently being poisoned by a drink laced with methanol while holidaying in Laos. Simone White, 28, from Orpington, Kent, is the fifth tourist to have tragically

Australian teenager becomes sixth to die in Laos ‘methanol poisoning’ as police detain hostel bosses - Australian backpacker Holly Bowles, 19, became the sixth traveller to die from suspected methanol

A British lawyer who died in a suspected mass drink-spiking case in Laos was “one of a kind”, her family have said.

The parents of British lawyer Simone White who died from suspected methanol poisoning in Laos have described her as a “beautiful, kind and loving daughter”.Ms White died in hospital after drinking alcohol suspected to have been laced with methanol in the backpacking hotspot Vang Vieng.

Six backpackers have died after allegedly being served drinks laced with methanol while travelling in Laos, south-east Asia

Holly Bowles was taken to a Thai hospital after consuming ‘tainted’ alcohol shots in the backpacking hotspot of Vang Vieng

A young British lawyer has become the latest tourist to die from a suspected mass poisoning in South-East Asia, as the death toll climbs to five people dead.

The parents of a young British lawyer who tragically died after mistakenly consuming vodka laced with methanol have paid heartfelt tribute to their "beautiful, kind and loving" daughter Simone.

Simone White, from Orpington, Kent, was one of a number of people taken to hospital after the incident in the popular backpacking town of Vang Vieng in Laos last week

Two Australian teenagers and a British woman have died from suspected methanol poisoning after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos