Backpackers found dead in Cambodian hostel

A British backpacker and her Canadian friend have been found dead in a Cambodian guesthouse after reportedly taking over-the-counter medicine.

Natalie Jane Seymour, 22, from Bedfordshire, and Canadian Abbey Gail Amisola, 27, from Winipeg, were found dead on Tuesday at the Monkey Republic Guest House in the south western city of Kampot, Mail Online reports.

Their deaths are still being investigated. However, it is believed they may have been from suffering upset stomachs and taken medication they bought over the counter, before trying to "sleep it off".

Wendy Jane Seymour, Natalie’s mother, told the Mail Online she had recently received a text from her daughter saying she “wasn’t well” and “might go and get something to make her feel better”.

“They decided to sleep it off but never woke up again or that’s what I hoped,” she added.

She said she had first been notified of her daughter’s death when police arrived at her home in Shefford, Bedfordshire at 5am that morning.

The young women were reportedly found by staff who rushed them to a nearby hospital but they could not be revived.

Cambodia’s Department of Immigration said preliminary investigations revealed both girls had been suffering from vomiting and diarrhoea.

A spokeswoman for the guesthouse said they were “very nice women” who were travelling together.

“This is now in the hands of the police but there is nothing suspicious about their deaths,” the manager said.