Briton is killed for moneybelt

A British backpacker was murdered in Chile minutes after leaving a bar where he had been watching England's World Cup match against Nigeria.

Roger Forryan, 26, of Leicester, watched the game with his sister Katrina and her boyfriend, Mark Farragher, but decided to leave early because he felt tired.

As he returned to his hostel in the capital Santiago in the early hours, he was set upon and stabbed by a man who stole his moneybelt containing all his travellers' cheques and airline tickets.

Mr Forryan's sister later unwittingly walked past a police cordon and saw a body with a sheet over it, but did not realise it was her brother until she was contacted by the authorities.

She and her boyfriend had been visiting Chile as part of a two-month trip around the world. Mr Forryan, who graduated from Bradford University three years ago, decided to join them at the last minute. The three visited Singapore, Bali, Australia, New Zealand and then South America.

"It is so senseless, absolutely horrific," said his mother Sheila at the family home in Leicester. "Things will never be the same again. We are all devastated."

A police spokesman said a man had been arrested in connection with the attack.