Bodies of missing British expat and Thai wife found buried in garden, three men arrested

[fullcave]

5 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

Warut was initially arrested over the theft of Nott’s white Ford Ranger but was later released on bail. He has since disappeared.

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[Chopperboy]

Edinburgh millionaire Alan Hogg, 64, was allegedly blasted with a shotgun near his swimming pool while wife Nott, 61, was bludgeoned to death with a hammer in the garage of their mansion in Phrae, northern Thailand.

 

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/3257773/alan-hogg-edinburgh-nott-thailand-death-murder-hitman/

[DJ54]

Very sad just as they were able to e joy life....

 

They should have refused bail for the brother in law considering the circumstances. Missing car, blood etc.

 

The BIL must’ve been desperate,greedy,crazy or all of the above. 

[ndfdjnd]

2 hours ago, saminoz said:

It's clear that you have no idea what you are talking about or what Thailand is about so why not just STHU?

How is it clear, can you elaborate?

 

 

[Chriss77]

R.I.P mate.

How <deleted> sad 

Taking 2 lives for 50,000 baht, or a 125 honda click to put into perspective.

Rest in Peace Nott and Alan

Edited September 25, 2018 by metisdead
Profanity removed.

[tropo]

3 hours ago, MadMuhammad said:

It’s all relative (pun not intended).

50K could be 6 months salary or more to the perpetrators. Put it in context you could probably get someone knocked in Australia for $40Kaud, approx 6 months of the standard wage. 

Not to mention there are people who will kill for free and enjoy it.

[ttrd]

5 hours ago, z42 said:

Just horrendous all round. It is good that the killers for hire are in and won't get bail. But once that dirtbag of a brother in law is hauled in I hope bail won't ever be an option.

 

It would be interesting to discover what kind of motive was behind this. Surely more than just money when one's own kin are getting killed

Its 99,9% sure that money and/or loss of face was involved topped with greed and envy - what else ....??....

 

RIP

Edited September 25, 2018 by ttrd

[kannot]

5 hours ago, colinneil said:

Money creates so many problems here

Its  not  money its scummy people.

People who think that this couple got their  money "easy", often they have no idea of the 14hour+ days some of these  people worked and then saved for all their  life, not spent sitting around pi**8ng their lives away like many do.

Death is the only answer for these  type of people.

 

[tropo]

3 hours ago, ivor bigun said:

Sorry if you or your friends married into a bad family,i married into a fantastic one ,most of my friends have nice familys as well.

 

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"Nice families" are not always nice, and it can be just a smoke screen. When/if money starts pouring in, their true colours come out. Just this happened in our "nice family". It took over 10 years to find out certain family members were incredibly evil. You said, "most of my friends have nice families as well"... perhaps you should be talking about the ones that don't.

[ndfdjnd]

5 minutes ago, kannot said:

Death is the only answer for these  type of people.

 

Was liking your post before you advocated mass murder.

[GinBoy2]

I wish I could be surprised or shocked at this story.

Sadly life is regarded pretty cheaply in Thailand.

฿50K to kill people, says a lot.

Very tragic, and hard for the people left behind. No mention if they had children. In many ways I hope neither of them did, since would devastatingly hard for them to bare, having your parents brutally murdered.

[tropo]

1 minute ago, GinBoy2 said:

I wish I could be surprised or shocked at this story.

Sadly life is regarded pretty cheaply in Thailand.

฿50K to kill people, says a lot.

Very tragic, and hard for the people left behind. No mention if they had children. In many ways I hope neither of them did, since would devastatingly hard for them to bare, having your parents brutally murdered.

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So let us say it cost ฿1 million to kill people. Would that change things? Sure, it may be harder to hire murderers, but people might just start doing it themselves for free.

[Dap]

6 hours ago, The manic said:

The cost of creating a baby, a life,  is the same every where.

But to place a value on a lifetimes experiences would hardy be the same.

[4MyEgo]

27 minutes ago, ndfdjnd said:

Come again sir, preferably with a bit more detail for me to go on.

Refer to posts #18 & #24 on page 2

 

Then #57 on page 4

 

You should be able to work it out from there.

[GinBoy2]

3 minutes ago, tropo said:

So let us say it cost ฿1 million to kill people. Would that change things? Sure, it may be harder to hire murderers, but people might just start doing it themselves for free.

Stop being obtuse...you know I meant

[mauGR1]

5 minutes ago, GinBoy2 said:

I wish I could be surprised or shocked at this story.

Sadly life is regarded pretty cheaply in Thailand.

฿50K to kill people, says a lot.

Very tragic, and hard for the people left behind. No mention if they had children. In many ways I hope neither of them did, since would devastatingly hard for them to bare, having your parents brutally murdered.

They have a young daughter, living abroad, she arrived in Thailand yesterday or the day before.

 

 

[baansgr]

Nothing new, business as usual, sad end to what seems a loving couple

[overherebc]

2 hours ago, Megasin1 said:

"Absolute incompetence" I said when I read this, but no I was corrected by my Thai ex wife (did I tell you she is well educated and has her own business), so no, she corrected me, the police were definitely paid off when he was bailed, so there you have it, and before you all leap over me for bashing the Thai police, I would just like to add that there aren't many places that you can pay the police off so easily, as far as I know.

This is certainly another case of greed over brains, I know I'll just pop out and murder my nice relatives in the most gruesome manner and then I will be able to spend their millions...….they should run some sort of TV educational commercial explaining to the Thais that it can become difficult to spend money obtained by murder as they certainly don't seem to understand the concept of arrest and imprisonment !!

If my post comes over as a little facetious then I apologise as this poor couple probably did absolutely nothing to deserve to die like this at the hands of some lazy <deleted> of a hillbilly relative.

One of the things I was told many years ago when I arrived here, told by a friend who had been longer, was that the vast majority of Thai men will act without any thought of the consequences of their actions.

 

I won't go further on this sad story except to say something that doesn't apply to the guy and his wife who were very close in age.

 

I see daily, guys here with much younger, uneducated girls/women who they can hardly talk to because she doesn't have the brain power or interest, or both, to learn his language. 

Why do so many expats want to live 'upcountry' I just don't get it, but that's me.

Oh, and befoe anyone asks, yes the house is in my wife's name but she paid for it, as is her car, but she paid for that as well. My car is in my name but I paid for that. ???? She doesn't have any brothers only 3 sisters and they all have their own good jobs and husbands with good jobs.

Then again none of them grew up or were educated in Thailand.

Again sad to hear about this couple and I hope their daughter gets all and nothing is left for anyone here.

Rant over.

 

 

[GinBoy2]

4 minutes ago, mauGR1 said:

They have a young daughter, living abroad, she arrived in Thailand yesterday or the day before.

 

 

That just makes it even more sad.

 

I have a friend who parents both died in a car crash when she was quite young. It devastated her for years. Pales compares to having your both parents murdered like this

Edited September 25, 2018 by GinBoy2

[mauGR1]

Just now, GinBoy2 said:

That just makes it even more sad.

 

I have a friend who parents both died in a car crash when it was quite young. It devastated her for years. Pales compares to having your both parents murdered like this

indeed, i am at loss of words.

[JaiLai]

7 minutes ago, overherebc said:

One of the things I was told many years ago when I arrived here, told by a friend who had been longer, was that the vast majority of Thai men will act without any thought of the consequences of their actions.

 

I won't go further on this sad story except to say something that doesn't apply to the guy and his wife who were very close in age.

 

I see daily, guys here with much younger, uneducated girls/women who they can hardly talk to because she doesn't have the brain power or interest, or both, to learn his language. 

Why do so many expats want to live 'upcountry' I just don't get it, but that's me.

Oh, and befoe anyone asks, yes the house is in my wife's name but she paid for it, as is her car, but she paid for that as well. My car is in my name but I paid for that. ???? She doesn't have any brothers only 3 sisters and they all have their own good jobs and husbands with good jobs.

Then again none of them grew up or were educated in Thailand.

Again sad to hear about this couple and I hope their daughter gets all and nothing is left for anyone here.

Rant over.

 

 

Are her sisters 'available'?

[SupermarineS6B]

Typical low life greed....... RIP......

[DashRye]

Life is Cheap , here

Yes, very cheap. Two lives = 50,000 TBH = 1,500 $ split by three people.

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[baneko]

Very sad news. Crazy that someone would do this at all but for 50K baht. Scotland the Brave RIP.

[Parsve]

20 minutes ago, overherebc said:

I see daily, guys here with much younger, uneducated girls/women who they can hardly talk to because she doesn't have the brain power or interest, or both, to learn his language.

And does the much older man have the brain to learn the language of the country where he stays, or have the ability to understand that when a 28 years old girl has a husband or lover that is 60 + it is only about money?

[ivor bigun]

 
"Nice families" are not always nice, and it can be just a smoke screen. When/if money starts pouring in, their true colours come out. Just this happened in our "nice family". It took over 10 years to find out certain family members were incredibly evil. You said, "most of my friends have nice families as well"... perhaps you should be talking about the ones that don't.

Sorry i dont know any that dont ,as for money,my wifes family are far from poor ,not rich,well one is, but not short of a bob or two ,in fact once i borrowed 600,000 baht to put into my 3 months,in a thai bankwhen the pound collapsed many years ago, didnt even want interest . I am sorry,but most of the Thai people i know and live around are quite well off, my sons friends are all quite well off as well. Flash bastard arnt i ,very sorry, but i dont mean to be ,i just tell it as my life is.
Ps my wifes young brother is always on the scrounge,but as i have known him since he was young,i dont think he would do anything like that.especially as his big sisters would tan his arse lol

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[Esso49]

A more concise factual report is now appearing on BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-45636861

[mauGR1]

4 minutes ago, Esso49 said:

A more concise factual report is now appearing on BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-45636861

Thanks, apparently the brother has been caught.

[Esso49]

3 minutes ago, mauGR1 said:

Thanks, apparently the brother has been caught.

Yes , just waiting what TAT and the Junta team are going to come up with to turn this tragedy into a "Welcome to a Safe Thailand Retirement"  spin ?

[tropo]

22 minutes ago, GinBoy2 said:

Stop being obtuse...you know I meant

I'm sorry, but "life is cheap" is an overused expression, cited by many whenever anyone is killed in Thailand. I was just asking you what is the right price here? Did he pay too much, or did he get a bargain?

 

I don't think it's about the money he paid at all. He would have gotten the job done one way or another.