British Man Dies After Footpath Altercation in Bangkok

[webfact]

Picture via Amarin TV

 

Tragedy struck a Bangkok street on Sunday night when a British man, later identified as a 28-year-old, suddenly died after a tumultuous encounter with local karaoke bar workers. The incident unfolded near Soi Pracharat Sai 1, Section 7/1, in the bustling Bang Sue district, drawing considerable attention from officials and passers-by.

 

The Briton was discovered lying face-up on the pavement, with visible bleeding from his nose. Officers responding from the Bang Pho Police Station were unable to identify him initially due to the absence of personal identification, but details emerged through Thai media scrutiny.

 

This unsettling episode began when the foreigner was seen exhibiting erratic behaviour, sprinting from Kiak Kai Intersection towards a local karaoke venue.

 

Witnesses account that his attempt to storm the bar was thwarted by two alert workers due to his suspicious demeanour. As the man’s eccentric actions persisted, the workers mounted their motorcycle to assist him, stemming perhaps from concern or mere curiosity.

 

 

 

 

However, when they reached him, their efforts to communicate floundered, culminating in an unintended scuffle. The workers attempted to facilitate conversation by handing over a mobile phone loaded with a translation app, but the man’s agitation seemed to intensify.

 

In an unexpected twist, he seized the phone and tried to abscond. The workers managed to retrieve their phone, but the foreigner was not deterred and turned his attention to their motorcycle parked nearby, trying to make off with it despite lacking the key.

 

Picture via Amarin TV

 

A brief physical altercation followed as the workers attempted to deter him, which unexpectedly led to his sudden collapse and subsequent death. Witnesses nearby, including another karaoke worker, speculated on drugs or sheer exhaustion from his frantic activities as possible culprits in his unforeseen demise.

 

Despite the shocking nature of the incident, the karaoke workers assert their tussle with the man wasn't severe enough to be lethal.

 

Both remain in police custody for investigative questioning, while the foreigner’s body has been sent for an autopsy to clarify the exact cause of death. As the authorities await these autopsy results, the workers face a period of uncertainty, pending any formal charges.

 

While this incident leaves questions unanswered, it underscores complexities faced by foreign nationals in unfamiliar territories and the challenges local authorities encounter in such perplexing situations, reported The Thaiger.

 

 

-- 2025-03-25

 

 

[hotsun]

Guy just dropped dead. Now ive heard everything

[Moonlover]

1 minute ago, hotsun said:

Guy just dropped dead. Now ive heard everything

Heart failure maybe? It happens, even in youngsters. Best wait for the autopsy report rather than indulge in meaningless speculation.

[Artisi]

1 minute ago, Moonlover said:

Heart failure maybe? It happens, even in youngsters. Best wait for the autopsy report rather than indulge in meaningless speculation.

There will be plenty of speculation and AN autopsy's to assist in establishing the cause of death, it will only take a few hours to sort it out. 

[Yagoda]

Thats my old neighborhood and there are not a lot of Western foreigners there at all except a few that live there, no tourism. Its stlll an area where a western freakzoid like me gets stared at. Those karaoke folks must have been totally freaked out.

 

My prediction is Meth or Ketamine.

 

PS: Bang Pho is a fabulous area with nice condos, many with River View and great transport.

[ikke1959]

If I watch the video, he surely not dropped dead suddenly.. 2 against 1 and if you see how they hold the guy. He looks to be strangled The fat one sitting on him, and the other one holding him down( arm around the neck??? Anyway... again an example that Thailand is not safe anymore, as they many years ago wrote in the travelguides.. There are many murders and criminal activities in Thailand, but they don't attack foreigners, so it is safe to travel.. Nowadays it is clearly different

[Yagoda]

34 minutes ago, ikke1959 said:

If I watch the video, he surely not dropped dead suddenly.. 2 against 1 and if you see how they hold the guy. He looks to be strangled The fat one sitting on him, and the other one holding him down( arm around the neck??? Anyway... again an example that Thailand is not safe anymore, as they many years ago wrote in the travelguides.. There are many murders and criminal activities in Thailand, but they don't attack foreigners, so it is safe to travel.. Nowadays it is clearly different

Dude I lived right there in that neighborhood for a long time and I am not exactly what one would call normal looking. While I have been stared at, especially by little kids, I have always been treated nicely, mainly because I act nice.

 

It really is a fabulous area. You have Tao Pun station that has the Blue Line Circle plus the Purple Nothanburi Linep lus the Pink Line to Rat Burana is being built, and  the Chao Phraya Boats and MRT at Bang Pho, plus a Mall, plus its near the Grand Station. But no tourist attractions other than Parliament

 

Now I cant judge about scenarios where one runs around and attacks Karoke places that are for Thai people at 3am while on drugs, mind you. And many was the time I have walked past them at all hours, a bit too old and non English speaking for me.

[Woke to Sounds]

This was positively methamphetamine abuse, or kratom, or maybe Red Bell w/ ciggies and laced pot.

 

No one -- and I mean NO ONE - just drops dead at 28.

 

He wouldn't even acknowledge the translation app on the mobile handed to him, clear signs of a drug induced stupor.

 

RIP young man.

[ronster]

Obviously on something and way he falls it looks like his head would have smacked off the road with weight of them 2 on top of him.

[newbee2022]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

This unsettling episode began when the foreigner was seen exhibiting erratic behaviour

Well, another one today.

He was old enough knowing how to behave.

However, he forgot it. Karma 😂

[madone]

1 hour ago, Woke to Sounds said:

Kratom, Red Bell w/ ciggies and laced pot

 

sigh

[hotchilli]

Sounds like he was drugged up to the eyeballs and the body couldn't take it any longer.

[steven100]

I'd haze at a guess that they aren't telling the full and true story.  

Was the Brit high as a kite on coke or heroin or something.  The problem with Thailand is you can't believe anything they say. 

[NorthernRyland]

2 hours ago, Moonlover said:

Heart failure maybe? It happens, even in youngsters. Best wait for the autopsy report rather than indulge in meaningless speculation.

 

They didn't' translate the most important part of the video. 🤦‍♂️ The presenters say they can hear the guy in the video say "press his throat" (กดคอไว้) so he probably was chocked as they tried to restrain him.

[NorthernRyland]

2 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

There are many murders and criminal activities in Thailand, but they don't attack foreigners, so it is safe to travel.. Nowadays it is clearly different

The British guy was acting like a total nut job so they restrained him and foolishly killed him in the process. Even so this is pretty easy to avoid happening to you isn't it?

[soalbundy]

I doubt that he was an innocent victim but rather the author of his own demise.

[Frankie baby]

Hope they get to the bottom of this one. RIP young man.

[Rickman66]

Head hit the pavement pretty hard looking like manslaughter to me 

[twizzian]

Anyone starting a verbal or physical altercation here can expect more than just a Fat lip in return.

[Andrew65]

3 hours ago, Yagoda said:

Thats my old neighborhood and there are not a lot of Western foreigners there at all except a few that live there, no tourism. Its stlll an area where a western freakzoid like me gets stared at. Those karaoke folks must have been totally freaked out.

 

My prediction is Meth or Ketamine.

 

PS: Bang Pho is a fabulous area with nice condos, many with River View and great transport.

A long time ago my hotel receptionist gf lived in Muang Thon Thani and it was like that. Not a farang in sight. She never wanted me to go out alone there.

[leonard beaven]

1 hour ago, Woke to Sounds said:

This was positively methamphetamine abuse, or kratom, or maybe Red Bell w/ ciggies and laced pot.

 

No one -- and I mean NO ONE - just drops dead at 28.

 

He wouldn't even acknowledge the translation app on the mobile handed to him, clear signs of a drug induced stupor.

 

RIP young man.

Nobody drops off at 28,,,,I beg to differ,,my youngest son did just that at 27...just working at security,they found him in the rest room dead,,

 

[Serenity_Now]

Guy was OFF HIS HEAD

Thai guy murdered him with the choke hold elbow into the larynx the British guy screamed plus his head neck on kerb 

These two  took it too far  it is clearly Manslaughter

RIP 

[NorthernRyland]

9 minutes ago, Rickman66 said:

Head hit the pavement pretty hard looking like manslaughter to me 

No he got choked I think. They're on video saying to press his throat so it sounds like manslaughter to me too. 

[renaissanc]

Like in the case of Pattaya, entertainment areas are risky places to go to after dark. 

[Toby1947]

How many of the cowardly dwarfs did it take to kill him this time 

[Baba Naba]

He was tweekin! Heart could not handle all that meth...

[Captain Flack]

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[shackleton]

I recall a few years back people saying the British Embassy staff were not doing much to help people out with getting help 

Just recently the British Embassy staff are certainly earning their money 

With the number of Brits involved in Drugs fighting  overstay going broke hospital bills  ect 

Plus being jailed 

Will still have some people saying they are useless

 

[Andrew65]

6 minutes ago, shackleton said:

I recall a few years back people saying the British Embassy staff were not doing much to help people out with getting help 

Just recently the British Embassy staff are certainly earning their money 

With the number of Brits involved in Drugs fighting  overstay going broke hospital bills  ect 

Plus being jailed 

Will still have some people saying they are useless

 

The worst thing with them is having to wait maybe several weeks for an appointment to see them (if it's still like that). And they charge about double what the Ozzie Embassy charges.

[Brn2Trvl]

OD'd.