Three tourists are facing up to 10 years each in prison after being charged over the death of a Russian adult model found dead on a Thai island.

The holidaymakers were arrested after webcam girl Evgenia Smirnova, 37, plunged from an eighth-floor balcony in Phuket, Thailand, in the early hours of the morning on May 31.

Jamaal Smith, 38, from the US was detained along with Natalia Kosenkova, 35, from Russia, and Ahmad Radi Mustafa Alatoom, 28, from Jordan.

Police have now charged each of them with 'recklessness causing death' after drugs, alcohol, and used condoms were found in the room at the Emerald Terrace Resort, close to the island's notorious Patong red light district.

Police chief Lieutenant General Amphon Buarapphon said: "The three suspects have been charged with recklessness causing death. The investigation is not complete. More evidence is still being collected and there could be further charges."

Staff at the Emerald Terrace Resort told police that four people, including Evgenia, had been staying in the 8th-floor room and a low-edged spiral staircase outside her room connected to the 7th floor.

Police said the fall happened at the condominium block on the Phrabarami Road area of the city. It is a short walk from the Bangla Road red-light district, which is popular with Russian, Australian, and British sex tourists.