British man found dead in Pattaya was ‘stressed about divorce from Thai wife’

 

Picture: Sophon Cable

 

A British man had died after falling from the 18th floor of a condominium in Pattaya.

 

The body of the man [name withheld], 68, was found on the 5th floor mezzanine at the Lumpini Villa in Naklua at 1am on Wednesday.

 

The man’s body was found by his new girlfriend.

 

She told police how she had returned to their condominium to find her boyfriend missing.

 

Concerned, she looked outside and saw his body on the ground below.

 

She added that in recent days he had spent a lot of time on the balcony looking down towards the ground.

 

Local media reported the man had been suffering from stress due to the impending divorce from his Thai wife.

 

He was due to travel to Khon Kaen tomorrow to finalise the divorce, the report said.

 

Police said it was likely the man committed suicide.

 

His body has been sent for post mortem to establish an official cause of death.

 

Source: Sophon Cable, Love Siam News

 

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RIP, no dysfunctional marriage  in this world is worth to commit suicide.

 

 

 

  What a sad story. And he doesn't seem to be the only one. 

 

  

 

  

 

  

Edited May 2, 20188 yr by jenny2017

Appearently dysfunctional marriages seeks itselfs to dysfunctional individuals.

Brits need to stick to bungalows we are falling faster than the pound RIP.

Very sad. Let me just pre-empt the don't understand why brigade: people do this when the balance of their mind is disturbed, thus rendering them unable to think or rationalise well.

47 minutes ago, webfact said:

Local media reported the man had been suffering from stress due to the impending divorce from his Thai wife.

 

He was due to travel to Khon Kaen tomorrow to finalise the divorce, the report said.

Now she gets everything.

My girlfriend said that if we didn't marry within the next year then she'd say goodbye. I said "I'll save you the year and adios". No marriage then no divorce.

2 minutes ago, Basil B said:

Now she gets everything.

yeah well ..not if he had nothing

He already had a new girlfriend and should have been viewing the future with some optimism,

Sad.

Good Lord! 

I certainly hope he had sufficient life insurance..... 

15 minutes ago, mommysboy said:

Very sad. Let me just pre-empt the don't understand why brigade: people do this when the balance of their mind is disturbed, thus rendering them unable to think or rationalise well.

And starting over this age is almost impossible. 

Funny how marriage problems alway lead to falling from a balcony in Pattaya.?

15 minutes ago, Basil B said:

Now she gets everything.

Khon Kaen women seem to be very dangerous for your health. 

12 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

He already had a new girlfriend and should have been viewing the future with some optimism,

Sad.

A new girlfriend who only stayed with him for money? 

3 minutes ago, jenny2017 said:

A new girlfriend who only stayed with him for money? 

Perhaps better than a wife who didn't.

You gotta feel for the guy and I certainly hope there were no kids.

A young (probably) trophy (probably) wife for a 68 y. o. man, both of whom don't share the same culture or language (and a whole lot more). This is a recipe for disaster. How many more of these do we need to get it?

Edited May 2, 20188 yr by EnlightenedAtheist

a pattaya shop selling parachutes would do exceptionally well

Doesn’t make sense stressed about the divorce from his Thai wife but that didn’t stop him from having a new Thai girlfriend , it’s always funny how it’s jumps or falls never suggest that all these deaths from balconies could of resulted from being pushed RIP to the fella ??

30 minutes ago, jenny2017 said:

Khon Kaen women seem to be very dangerous for your health. 

What a stupid, stupid comment.

What's he stressed about,getting a divorce,and already

has a younger replacement,anyway, RIP 

regards Worgeordie

Another member of the Pattaya Flying Club - RIP. 

One of the first places she thought to look for him was out over the balcony.   

26 minutes ago, EnlightenedAtheist said:

A young (probably) trophy (probably) wife for a 68 y. o. man, both of whom don't share the same culture or language (and a whole lot more). This is a recipe for disaster. How many more of these do we need to get it?

Very enlightening. 

1 hour ago, JimmyTheMook said:

Good Lord! 

I certainly hope he had sufficient life insurance..... 

Jimmy

life insurance do not pay for suicides.

Does anyone anywhere keep a record of the number of suicides of falangs taking the plunge from hi-rise buildings in Thailand? There seem to be an awful lot of them in the did-he(it's almost exclusively he)-fall-or-was-he-pushed category.

Edited May 2, 20188 yr by Krataiboy

1 hour ago, manta said:

Funny how marriage problems alway lead to falling from a balcony in Pattaya.?

Many see down as the fastest way out.  Out of a situation they can no longer handle.

41 minutes ago, chudless said:

What a stupid, stupid comment.

Yes.  

1 hour ago, jenny2017 said:

A new girlfriend who only stayed with him for money? 

 

 

 

..... the purest of reasons.....

8 minutes ago, Krataiboy said:

Does anyone anywhere keep a record of the number of suicides of falangs taking the plunge from hi-rise buildings in Thailand? There seem to be an awful lot of them in the did-he(it's almost exclusively he)-fall-or-was-he-pushed category.

You can read a lot on Farang deaths; https://www.farang-deaths.com/