Bullman, the Norwegian killer and fugitive from Thai justice lands in Oslo on a false name and passport

[giddyup]

2 hours ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

That's not how I read the info on the two articles, taken together. As I understood it, no-one (in a position of authority, at least) knew he was traveling on a false passport until he turned himself in to the police after having arrived back in Norway.

Seems a TV station in Norway managed to track him down.

[Chongalulu]

43 minutes ago, JimTripper said:

There’s a guy at my condo bldg who looks like that guy. He sits around the pool every day. I think these dodgy blokes like pools. They always seem to be around the pool for some reason. They are usually stag (alone) around the pool.

That's what I mostly do (for exercise). Just anxiously awaiting overwhelming feelings of murderous intent to surface.. ????

[Chongalulu]

6 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

No criminal checks on the retired visa from agents. Many retired crims abuse the Thai immigration requirements.

I think immigration are giving as good as they get in that respect!

[NativeBob]

So, his "fake passport" was good enough to fly over Europe. That says a lot about uptight airport security )

[giddyup]

46 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

Shouldn't that be ALLEGED killer?

 

 

 

 

When he admits to killing the guy? And the wife was an eye witness? Or maybe it was his twin?

[Neeranam]

7 minutes ago, giddyup said:

When he admits to killing the guy? And the wife was an eye witness?

I doubt a witness is needed if he admits it. 

[Sydebolle]

Well, he must have glued quite some printed paper of the eyes of many on his odysee from Phuket via Hanoi, Paris to Oslo - me thinks!
Reminds me of Charles Sobhraj some 40+ years ago in Bangkok ... he just walked out of an interrogation room of Bangkok's finest but ultimately spent more than half his life behind bars. 

[giddyup]

5 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

I doubt a witness is needed if he admits it. 

People have been known to confess to crimes they didn't commit.

[Liverpool Lou]

6 hours ago, Searat7 said:

Too easy to get bail in Thailand for serious offenses like murder !

Before he did a runner he had been charged with assault and allowed bail, not murder.  

[Liverpool Lou]

5 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

Is there any other country in the world that gives bail to murderers?

Yes, there are, depending on the individual cases but Bullman was initially given bail after he was charged with assault, not murder, the charge was upped later.  The full OP does explain it.

[Liverpool Lou]

5 hours ago, bignok said:

57yo in one report, 50yo in another.

And?

[cnx101]

6 hours ago, Searat7 said:

Too easy to get bail in Thailand for serious offenses like murder !

Yes but overstay your visa

[Pink Mist]

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[Liverpool Lou]

5 hours ago, Artisi said:

Extradition by any chance, or would that be too much effort for the Thai system to organise, considering the BIB couldn't get it organised for the murder of one of their own? 

Which murder case was that?

[Liverpool Lou]

5 hours ago, Watchit said:

From what i remember about this case the Indian was making a lot of noise in his room and had a f you attitude toward the Norwegian which resulted in his death.

You remember wrong, the UK man who Bullman killed had complained about Bullman's noise as the OP explained.

[djayz]

Why has it taken him so long to turn himself in? Ran out of money while on the run in SE Asia and decided to go back home to a nice, cozy all expenses paid prison cell. 

[Liverpool Lou]

4 hours ago, Mann33bkk said:

This is because the investigative material that will be sent from Thailand is too poor for the Norwegian police.

What do you base that gem on?

[Liverpool Lou]

3 hours ago, brianthainess said:

how did he manage to leave Hanoi and enter Thailand?

Er...by being in transit using a fake passport? 

[Liverpool Lou]

3 hours ago, The Theory said:

10 hours ago, webfact said:

later being granted bail by local police

????????????

...for assault.

[Liverpool Lou]

2 hours ago, bignok said:

Normally they withhold a passport and impose large bail.

When Bullman was granted bail he had not been charged with murder, only assault.

[Liverpool Lou]

2 hours ago, NextG said:

The Indian man probably asked him to pipe down as he had a two year old and it was between 3am and 4am. Not unreasonable. 

The dead man was British.

[Liverpool Lou]

2 hours ago, bigt3116 said:

No extradition treaty between Norway and Thailand

Doesn't matter, extradition requests can still be made...and granted

[Liverpool Lou]

2 hours ago, crazykopite said:

Reminds me of the RedBull guy who killed the policeman never to be seen again after skipping the country . Why do they give Bail to those who have taken the life of another person they should be held on remand sadly brown envelopes seem to be the answer to avoid detention whilst awaiting trial 

Vorayuth killed someone accidentally in a traffic incident, he did not murder anyone.  Bullman had been charged with assault, not murder when he was bailed.

[Liverpool Lou]

2 hours ago, JimTripper said:

There’s a guy at my condo bldg who looks like that guy. He sits around the pool every day. I think these dodgy blokes like pools. They always seem to be around the pool for some reason. They are usually stag (alone) around the pool.

Oh.  Is you condo in Norway?

[Liverpool Lou]

1 hour ago, ChaiyaTH said:

Did you even read your own list or just copy and pasted it? Most of the list say it not happens or rarely happens in case of murder.

His list also answered the question of whether any other countries can bail those on murder charges...the answer was confirmed as "yes".

[BarraMarra]

5 hours ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

Pretty much any country that operates a bail system, can allow bail on a murder charge - depending on the exact circumstances, and at the judge's discretion.

In the UK you are not Bailed on a murder charge you are locked up to prevent witness intimidation and have enough evidence to charge the suspect. Only insufficient evidence will allow a suspect to walk but will be monitered.

[giddyup]

The guy has confessed, both here and in Norway, and are you forgetting the eyewitness, the wife?

[bendejo]

7 hours ago, Searat7 said:

Too easy to get bail in Thailand for serious offenses like murder !

Maybe the reincarnation thing has something to do with it.

[Falcon]

6 hours ago, Artisi said:

Extradition by any chance, or would that be too much effort for the Thai system to organise, considering the BIB couldn't get it organised for the murder of one of their own? 

You can’t be extradited from your own country, especially where there is the likelihood of receiving a death sentence. 

[Pink Mist]

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