THE parents of a fit young holidaymaker believe he was murdered and his bank account plundered, despite a coroner recording an open verdict.

The family of 32-year-old Andrew Smyth, from Swindon, fear he was the victim of a "honeytrap" after being lured by a woman he met on holiday in Turkey.

After leaving a nightclub where they say his drink was spiked, he was thought to have been followed and then killed.

Andrew's body was found four miles from the club, dumped in undergrowth and his bank account had been cleared out through a cash machine.

The 32-year-old's parents believe their son was robbed and murdered after his drink was spiked at the club, and toxicology tests showed traces of heroin in Andrew's body, they believe from the spiked drink.

The inquest in Woking, Surrey, was told the electrician had flown to Turkey for a two-week break at his father and step-mother's holiday home with friend Amanda Miles.

His friend flew home after a week but Andrew stayed, going out drinking on a Friday night with a woman he had met at the resort.

However, at 3am CCTV footage showed him leaving the club alone - shortly before a series of withdrawals were made from a cash machine, completely emptying his bank account.

Hours later his body was spotted in a forest, without any cash in his pockets other than small change.

Dr Ashley Fegan-Earl, who carried out an autopsy at the Royal Surrey Hospital in Guildford once Andrew's body had been repatriated, could find no evidence of a fight or any injuries and toxicology tests showed he was below the drink-driving limit.

However, the pathologist said given the state of decomposition, he felt unable to establish a cause of death.

Andrew, who grew up in Surrey, trained to be an electrician and then relocated to Swindon.

Mrs Miles told the hearing they had had a volatile friendship, and that they had argued because Andrew was often in a bad mood, which led to a row in the holiday resort one night.

During the first week of the fortnight, they decided Miss Miles would leave early.

That evening, barman Soner Korkmaz told the hearing that Andrew had gone to the club with a woman and the pair had dinner and drinks together.

His companion, Emilya Agayeva, insisted Andrew had disappeared, but the barman gave a different account, saying Andrew had come and gone to get more cash to pay for drinks, during which time two men joined the woman.

After the Brit had left the club once more, the woman stayed drinking, dancing and kissing one of the men.

His family believed she could have been acting as a honeytrap and pointed to CCTV footage showing him leaving the club at 3am.

In the footage, as he leaves, a man taps another man on the shoulder and motions for him to follow Andrew, after which several withdrawals were made from his bank account, draining it of £150, the hearing heard.

"He was really happy," his father, Christopher Smyth, said. "He loved the job, he liked going to work. The week before he went on holiday he moved to a new place which he loved."

At points during the previous years he had struggled with a cocaine habit, the court heard.

Tests on Andrew's hair suggested "occasional use of cocaine" in the months leading up to his death but no other drug use other than "exposure" to heroin, thought to be from when he lived with people who smoked the drug.

His family have travelled to Turkey on dozens of occasions to try to uncover the truth about what happened to Andrew and to bring anyone responsible for his death to justice.

Recording an open verdict coroner Richard Travers said: "I fully understand that Andrew's parents believe that there has been foul play.

"It is not for me to speculate what may have happened to Andrew. It is simply not possible to know what happened to Andrew in the hours before his death.

"I regret that I am unable to assist the family in any further ways. I record an open conclusion."

Speaking after the inquest, Andrew's mother Celia Armstrong said: "It's not the verdict we wanted, but it's what we expected."

Her ex-husband Christopher, of Mytchett, Surrey, said: "I firmly believe my son was murdered. He was beaten to death.

"He had everything to look forward to in life. I won't ever give up (seeking the truth)."