Trio jailed over drowned waiter

Three men have been jailed for beating a man and throwing him in the River Thames, where he drowned.

Bishal Gurung, 23, a waiter from Esher in Surrey, was attacked at Victoria Embankment, central London, last year.

Rocky Gurung and Kemik Thakali, both 21 and from Morden, Surrey, were sentenced to three years in jail for Mr Gurung's manslaughter, at the Old Bailey.

Missan Gurung, 23, from Abbey Wood, south-east London, was jailed for nine months for violent disorder.

Violent disorder

The court heard that Mr Gurung had been celebrating Nepalese New Year with friends at the moored Yacht Club boat on 13 April 2008.

After he left the party he was chased and attacked by the trio, who mistakenly believed he had assaulted one of their friends.

Mr Gurung's body was recovered from the Thames two weeks later. A post-mortem examination found that he died from immersion in water.

Rocky Gurung was also sentenced to one year in prison for violent disorder, to run concurrently with his three-year sentence.