A BRITISH man has been charged with having sex with three underage boys on Phuket, and he may face a fourth count.

Police named him today as Dax J. Young. They said he was from Kenya, but travelled on a British passport.

Police say that a computer found at the house in Patong rented by the 41-year-old man contained an extensive collection of child pornography.

Officers from Thailand's Department of Special Investigations have been involved in the case. They arrived on the island to investigate in early February.

Parents and young boys from four Patong families were interviewed by DSI officers at Kathu police station on Friday evening.

Elsewhere in the station, Singapore woman Diana Goh Li Fun and five other suspects were being presented to the media in the murder case involving Canadian Francis Alex Degioanni.

Police told Phuketwan today that the boys in the Dax J. Young case were aged between eight and 15.

The man befriended the boys with small gifts and snacks as they made their way to and from school, then invited them to his house at night, police said.