A Scots woman has reportedly been murdered in Mauritius after a gang of masked thieves burst into her home and smothered her with a pillow in front of her child.
Janice Farman, 47, from Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, was brutally killed in the late night incident on Thursday.
Cops believe the thieves choked her with a pillow before making off with her car, a television and jewellery.
Her 10-year-old autistic son was in the house at the time of the incident.
It's understood three men were involved in the robbery while local media reports one man has been arrested.
Mrs Farman was the managing director of PECS (Mauritius) Ltd, a privately owned group of companies providing data services.
According to the BBC, a colleague said that he had been contacted by her son in the early hours of Friday, who had told him that his mother was "not breathing".
Yasine Mohabuth, the World Service correspondent in Mauritius, said Janice had recently moved to a burglary hotspot in the west of the island.
He said: "Police said that she was smothered to death in her bed.
"They had arrived at three in the morning. It was her son that alerted a friend. The burglars stole many things including her jewellery and her car.
"Her son is now under the care of the child development unit because his father is abroad."
A Foreign Office spokesperson said: "We are assisting the family of a British woman following her death in Mauritius, and are in contact with the local authorities”.
Janice was the managing director of PECS (Mauritius) Ltd, a group of companies providing data services.
A statement on the company's website by the firm's group managing director Stephen Littlechild said: "Last night our MD in Mauritius Janice Farman was brutally murdered in her own home.
"In view of these tragic events, we have decided to close our Mauritius office today, so we can make sure all our team have access to counsellors and as a mark of respect to a wonderful lady.
"Our thoughts are with Janice’s family, friends and colleagues and would ask at this sad time that you respect the privacy of everyone close to Janice."
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