Hunt on for Irishman accused of murdering Thai woman in Pattaya

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Gardaí searching for Irishman accused of murdering Thai sex worker

Ken Foy

 

Neil Henry Elliott

 

GARDAÍ are hunting for an Irishman wanted in Thailand for the murder of a sex worker.

 

The PSNI has asked detectives here to help find Neil Henry Elliott (48), from Fermanagh, who is believed to be in Co Cavan and is suspected of planning to flee the country from Dublin Airport.

 

Thai authorities want to rearrest him for the murder of a prostitute in Pattaya last April 29.

 

He has links to Louth, Monaghan and Cavan.

 

Thai police said the murdered sex worker, named Onn, had been picked up in the red light street Soi Buakhao in Pattaya.

 

They said she was attacked with a snooker cue “until it snapped” and then killed “with a machete in a drug-fuelled sex session”.

 

The city on Thailand’s eastern seaboard is notorious for its round-the-clock sex industry.

 

Mr Elliott is alleged to have visited a strip of closed bars before returning to his rented bungalow with a woman.

 

Thai police said Ms Onn was found in the bathroom of the property with stab wounds to her neck and right wrist.

 

Officers said they picked up Mr Elliott on a nearby street after he left the property and crashed a motorcycle.

 

They subsequently arrested him on suspicion of murder. He was reportedly handcuffed and driven to a police station for questioning.

 

Full story: https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/gardai-searching-for-irishman-accused-of-murdering-thai-sex-worker-39552306.html

 

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[Pottinger]

...and then he miraculously escaped the notoriously tight custody of the RTP?

[johng]

2 minutes ago, Pottinger said:

...and then he miraculously escaped the notoriously tight custody of the RTP?

Yes arrested for murder in Thailand but somehow made it back to Ireland !!!

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It was reported that Mr Elliott had confessed to killing Ms Onn after a drug-fuelled sex session.

He is said to have admitted binging on the powerful drug yaba – a mix of speed and caffeine – before beating Ms Onn and slashing her with a machete.

It is understood that Mr Elliott claimed he had acted in self-defence and instructed his lawyer to claim diminished responsibility due to the level of drugs in his system at the time of the killing.

 

[Oldie]

He was arrested here already. I remember the photos. So how could he go back to Ireland? Something important is missing in this story... 

 

Just searched in Google - could not find one information that he ever escaped. 

[kingofthemountain]

If someone can explain me how a foreigner accused of murder on

a Thai woman, arrested and detained by the Thai police and after

that he had confessed to killing her, has managed to fly back to

his country ? It should be in a prison in Thailand waiting the trial

or i have missed something?

[kingofthemountain]

18 minutes ago, Oldie said:

He was arrested here already. I remember the photos. So how could he go back to Ireland? Something important is missing in this story... 

True

it was also here on Thai visa forum

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1162158-british-man-arrested-after-woman-brutally-murdered-in-pattaya/

[Andrew65]

The Thais will have to provide written assurances that he won't be executed, as a condition of him being extradited.

Another thing being, maybe he has both Irish and British passports??

[from the home of CC]

hang the dog..

[JeffersLos]

47 minutes ago, kingofthemountain said:

If someone can explain me how a foreigner accused of murder on

a Thai woman, arrested and detained by the Thai police and after

that he had confessed to killing her

1 million baht to the family and 1 million baht to the police. 

[Andrew65]

1 minute ago, JeffersLos said:

1 million baht to the family and 1 million baht to the police. 

Also, it doesn't mention anywhere that he was charged with anything, only that he was arrested & questioned.

[sammieuk1]

The RTP must have concluded suicide and let him go is all I can think of in this land of bizarre stories ???? 

[ChipButty]

Kissing Ireland’s Blarney Stone, a tradition that’s been around for several centuries, is said to give a person the gift of eloquence and persuasiveness. Maybe he kissed it and got the gift of the gab

[JoePai]

1 hour ago, kingofthemountain said:

If someone can explain me how a foreigner accused of murder on

a Thai woman, arrested and detained by the Thai police and after

that he had confessed to killing her, has managed to fly back to

his country ? It should be in a prison in Thailand waiting the trial

or i have missed something?

Maybe he managed to raise the 500 Baht Bail money?

[scubascuba3]

Appalling, the police who released him should be arrested, similar thing happened with that Soi 6 Ruby Club killer

[AbeNormal]

25 minutes ago, JoePai said:

Maybe he managed to raise the 500 Baht Bail money?

maybe he was involved in a business group here who have influence in such things like getting people out of the monkey house

[NanLaew]

3 minutes ago, AbeNormal said:

maybe he was involved in a business group here who have influence in such things like getting people out of the monkey house

Shhh!!!

[donnacha]

12 hours ago, AbeNormal said:

maybe he was involved in a business group here who have influence in such things like getting people out of the monkey house

The class of Northern Ireland "Loyalist" who would proudly display a Red Hand of Ulster flag is equivalent to someone in the United States flying a confederate flag from the roof of his trailer home, or an Afrikaner with a swastika tattooed on his forehead.

These are trashy and dangerous people who tend to mostly socialize with their own kind and operate a form of omertà. That can come in useful in the aftermath of any mating rituals involving a machete.

99% of people from Northern Ireland are decent but if you ever come across someone with this flag as a tattoo or on their t-shirt, be wary of any involvement.

 

[polpott]

7 minutes ago, donnacha said:

The class of Northern Ireland "Loyalist" who would proudly display a Red Hand of Ulster flag is equivalent to someone in the United States flying a confederate flag from the roof of his trailer home, or an Afrikaner with a swastika tattooed on his forehead.

These are trashy and dangerous people who tend to mostly socialize with their own kind and operate a form of omertà. That can come in useful in the aftermath of any mating rituals involving a machete.

99% of people from Northern Ireland are decent but if you ever come across someone with this flag as a tattoo or on their t-shirt, be wary of any involvement.

 

I see no tattoos or flags. What makes you think that he's a loyalist? if he's gone to ground in the Republic, he's unlikely to be a loyalist. Nice story though.

[donnacha]

35 minutes ago, polpott said:

I see no tattoos or flags. What makes you think that he's a loyalist? if he's gone to ground in the Republic, he's unlikely to be a loyalist. Nice story though.

Adopting such a haughty position, when you clearly have not read the reports from the first time this story was reported, runs the risk of making you look somewhat foolish.

Many Loyalists have a work history in Ireland because the wages are far higher. Northern Ireland itself is actually quite small.

 

[scubascuba3]

Probably easy to track down, just go to his local boozer in Ireland

[prakhonchai nick]

15 hours ago, kingofthemountain said:

If someone can explain me how a foreigner accused of murder on

a Thai woman, arrested and detained by the Thai police and after

that he had confessed to killing her, has managed to fly back to

his country ? It should be in a prison in Thailand waiting the trial

or i have missed something?

He probably managed to scrape together 1,000baht bail, a few wais and he was on his way!

[Nip]

15 hours ago, Andrew65 said:

The Thais will have to provide written assurances that he won't be executed, as a condition of him being extradited.

Another thing being, maybe he has both Irish and British passports??

Born in Fermanagh (UK) so can have both passports. It's indeed odd cos normally Thai police confiscate passport?

[colinneil]

Just now, Nip said:

Born in Fermanagh (UK) so can have both passports. It's indeed odd cos normally Thai police confiscate passport?

Have you personal experience of that, or are you just making that up?

My experience was the complete opposite of what you claim.

[dingdongrb]

5 minutes ago, colinneil said:

Have you personal experience of that, or are you just making that up?

My experience was the complete opposite of what you claim.

Have a friend from SG who was visiting LOS. He ran a red light and hit a girl on a scooter. She had serious injuries and ended up in the hospital. The BiB cited my friend and confiscated his passport until his court hearing where he had to pay 400k THB. After payment he was given his passport back.

[donnacha]

10 minutes ago, colinneil said:

15 minutes ago, Nip said:

Born in Fermanagh (UK) so can have both passports. It's indeed odd cos normally Thai police confiscate passport?

Have you personal experience of that, or are you just making that up?

My experience was the complete opposite of what you claim.

Which part of this comment are your questioning?

The first part, that those born in Northern Ireland can have both passports, is true. That was very handy for those jumping in and out of Thailand on Tourist Visas before they introduced biometrics, and is a huge benefit now with Brexit.

The second part, that the Thai police normally confiscate passports while investigating serious crimes involving foreigners, is fairly standard procedure. It might not have be applied in every case, but murder would be considered one of the more serious crimes.

 

[colinneil]

Just now, donnacha said:

The second part, that the Thai police normally confiscate passports while investigating serious crimes involving foreigners, is fairly standard procedure. It might not have be applied in every case, but murder would be considered one of the more serious crimes.

 

I disagree, police did not confiscate my passport.

Has this happened to you, or are you just going on hearsay?

[donnacha]

Just now, colinneil said:

I disagree, police did not confiscate my passport.

Were you being investigated for murder?

 

[Don Chance]

What is his handle on Thaivisa?

[GeorgeCross]

16 hours ago, webfact said:

The city on Thailand’s eastern seaboard is notorious for its round-the-clock sex industry

 

how the rest of the world see's pattaya 

 

 

[donnacha]

1 minute ago, Don Chance said:

What is his handle on Thaivisa?

Possibly colinneil ????