Simon Carman, accused of strangling a 17-year-old girl in a Thai hotel and discarding her body in a suitcase, has spoken out from prison.

Simon Peter Carman, the Australian man charged with murdering Thai teenager Tunchanok Donhomla, claims in an interview that he acted in self-defence to stop her from stabbing him.

Simon Peter Carman, the Australian man charged with murdering Thai teenager Tunchanok Donhomla, has claimed he acted in self-defence to stop her from stabbing him.