British Man Arrested in Thailand for 20-Year-Old UK Murder Case

[MicroB]

10 hours ago, MangoKorat said:

I tend to agree, its fine for us to sit here saying they could have done more. Thai's are taught to know their place and not to question those 'above' them.

 

If it was the other way around, we would no doubt have several means of communication, money to pay for an interpreter, for a lawyer and even for travel to Thailand.

 

If you're living in a shack in deepest Isaan and your only means of communication is a mobile phone, you're going to have a hard time contacting the British police.  The Thai police are extremely unlikely to give you any help either - they don't even deal with domestic problems properly. They also don't have the slightest interest in what happens abroad.

 

You may be terribly upset and want to know what's happened to your daughter but a poor Thai family with no contacts and little money would find what they'd need to do, virtually impossible.

 

 

I don't think they even had a phone. She called a neighbour who had one.

 

They raised a lot of money, for them, to pay someone to find their daughter, but that person promptly stole the lot. I feel very sorry for them.

[MicroB]

10 hours ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

According to this article in the Sun (yes, I know) he intends to return to the UK to clear his name. 

 

Husband of ‘Lady of the Hills’ wants to ‘return to Britain to clear his name’ 21 YEARS after wife’s body was dumped

 

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/33045000/husband-lady-of-the-hills-return-to-britain/

 

 

https://www.thesun.co.uk./news/33045000/husband-lady-of-the-hills-return-to-britain/

 

 

His son and current girlfriend have apparently persuaded him. His daughter was killed in recent years, and he is now carer for his granddaughter. The article confirms he has reired. It seems he moved to Thailand 2006-2007.

[MicroB]

On 1/27/2025 at 9:34 AM, MangoKorat said:

On what charge?  His alleged offence was committed in the UK, Thailand has no jurisdiction over crimes committed in the UK.

 

Under Thai law, if the victim is a Thai national, they can charge. Similarly, English Law allows for the British authorities charge miscreants for crimes against British nationals outside of the UK.

[MicroB]

Her mum thinks he did it. Said he was an abusive man and that her daughter was naive.

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/news/general/40045592

[MangoKorat]

44 minutes ago, MicroB said:

 

Under Thai law, if the victim is a Thai national, they can charge. Similarly, English Law allows for the British authorities charge miscreants for crimes against British nationals outside of the UK.

OK but currently he has not been charged by either the Thai or English police.

[MangoKorat]

1 hour ago, MicroB said:

 

 

I don't think they even had a phone. She called a neighbour who had one.

 

They raised a lot of money, for them, to pay someone to find their daughter, but that person promptly stole the lot. I feel very sorry for them.

Thank you for that, ther are people here that don't think they cared what happened to their daughter.

[MangoKorat]

5 hours ago, Jabberwocky said:

Just go to a movie before it starts and watch what's happening.

 

"Family is everything" as long as you pay your share. Family loses interest often enough when s.o. who is supposed to support (e.g. their parents) doesn't do it. 

I don't know what type of Thai people you know but the ones I know are very tight and family is the most important thing to them.