Vietnamese admits dumping of body

The man's body was found on a rural road in Carmarthenshire in May

A Vietnamese man has admitted dumping the body of one of his countrymen in a ditch by the side of a Carmarthenshire road.

Thang Xuan Dau, 39, admitted attempting to pervert the course of justice by removing the body from a house in Porthyrhyd, near Carmarthen, in May.

Dau was appearing before a judge at Swansea Crown court. Another man, Doai Ba Tran, 70, pleaded not guilty.

The dead man is thought to be Cuong Van Tran and that he was electrocuted.

The charge said that at the time Dau knew an illegal cannabis growing operation was taking place at the house and that Mr Tran died as a result.

Dau and Loc Van Nguyen, 19, admitted conspiring to produce cannabis between 1 February 1 and 11 May, 2009.

Ernest John Lewis, 57, of Uplands, Swansea, Doai Ba Tran and a 17-year-old who cannot be named denied the conspiracy charge.

They will stand trial at Swansea crown court on a date to be fixed by Judge John Diehl.

Kevin Riordan, representing Dau, said he was an illegal immigrant who had arrived from France. He assumed he would be deported after he had served his sentence.

Dau and Nguyen will be sentenced after verdicts have been returned.

All five were remanded in custody.