Footage shows the moment the suspect who allegedly raped a British backpacker was lead off a Thai island to a police station.

The 21-year-old woman had travelled alone and was drinking with a male friend, from Ireland, on Koh Phi Phi off the coast of Krabi in southern Thailand on April 14

Having taken part in mass water fights, they returned home in the early hours of the morning on April 15 but could not make it back to their hostel and slumped on the ground outside a restaurant.

At around 3am, local deck hand Trairat Changsanan, 23, walked by and allegedly used scissors to cut off the drunk woman’s denim shorts. He said he then pulled away here underwear and raped her.

The tourist told police she woke up the next morning fearing she had been raped and contacted police who checked CCTV to trace the alleged attacker.

Changsanan was arrested on April 17 and allegedly confessed to the rape. He was taken in handcuffs back to the scene of the attack where he pointed to the place where he allegedly raped the woman.

Changsanan told police he had been walking home after drinking and saw the woman sleeping and decided to rape her.

Police Colonel Krissana Patanacharoen, the police deputy spokesman, said that the victim reported to the Koh Phi Phi police on Monday April 15 morning at 10am but could not identify the alleged rapist since she was very drunk.