I’ll Never Rest Until We Catch Peter’s Killers

[Pattaya_Fox]

I’ll never rest until we catch Peter’s killers

A MOTHER whose son died on holiday in Thailand, last night expressed hope this week’s inquest would help her prove he was murdered.

Bobbie Sinnott, from Market Street, Holyhead, has spent over £20,000 in a bid to find out what happened to her son Peter, 41.

His body was recovered from the sea off the popular Thai resort of Pattaya on January 5, 2002.

An inquest into his death will be held in Llangefni on Thursday.

Mrs Sinnott hopes it will be the next step in her long quest for justice for her son.

The 68-year-old said: “I want the Thai Police to investigate Peter’s death properly.

“They haven’t closed the case completely but they will not look at it again unless the inquest finds Peter was unlawfully killed.

“It’s a lengthy process but I will never rest until those responsible for Peter’s death are caught and brought to justice. To give up now would do Peter a grave injustice.

“This week is going to be very difficult but I have made a pledge to myself, my family and to Peter, to get to the bottom of this, whatever it takes.

“The answer lies in Thailand somewhere and I will find it one day,” she added.

“I have always been convinced Peter was a victim of foul play but trying to find the evidence isn’t easy, particularly when I am so far away.

“I have to depend on the Thai police and getting any fresh information is difficult.”

Peter went missing while on holiday in Thailand but his body lay undiscovered in a mortuary in Bangkok for nearly four months.

Peter was found only after members of his family flew out to Thailand and hired a private detective.

The body was eventually flown home for burial at Maeshyfryd Cemetery, Holyhead.

“I grew frustrated and tired at waiting for the Foreign Office to take action,” said Mrs Sinnott.

“That was despite claims by the Thai authorities they were doing all they could to trace his whereabouts.

“He was discovered in the sea off Pattaya on January 5 – the day after he was last seen alive in the town.

“We had been told by the British Government that the Thai authorities had carried out systematic checks at hospitals, police stations and morgues,” she said.

Mr Sinnott was born in Southport but raised in Anglesey.

A former pupil at Holyhead High School, he had lived and worked as a chief technician with a sewing machine company in Durban, South Africa, for 14 years.

Hours before he died he cashed travellers’ cheques worth 300 dollars and was last seen in a bar with an acquaintance. No cash was found on him. It wasn’t until 11 days after he disappeared that a friend, who had his passport and clothes, reported him missing.

A post mortem examination in Thailand found he died as a result of drowning but the examination also found marks on his body which the family says indicated he might have been involved in some kind of struggle or scuffle.

A follow-up post mortem, carried out at Bangor’s Ysbyty Gwynedd, failed to find anything to suggest his death was suspicious.

North West Wales coroner Dewi Pritchard-Jones says it may be impossible to establish the exact circumstances surrounding the death of Mr Sinnott.

erylcrump

Daily Post Wales.

Monday 21st January 2008

[mikethevigoman]

...A MOTHER whose son died on holiday in Thailand, last night expressed hope this week's inquest would help her prove he was murdered....

I wonder what her grounds for suspecting foul play are ? was he into something? anyone familiar with the case/backround ?

[PhilHarries]

I was tempted to write this off as another breaved family clutching at straws for the purposes of an emotional vendetta. But then I re-read the details.

The guy cashes $300 of travellers cheques for which he obviously needs his passport.

He is last seen some hours later drinking with a colleague at a bar.

His body was discovered next day floating in the sea.

11 days later a friend, who had his clothes and passport, reports him missing.

4 months later his body is discovered unclaimed in a morgue.

Definately something odd with the case, more than just another bungling PC Plodphrasop investigation.

[cali4995]

I they want any closure, they had better stay with the private investigators. You can't

count on the local agencies to do anything but furnish a useless report in the end.

[lazeeboy]

...A MOTHER whose son died on holiday in Thailand, last night expressed hope this week's inquest would help her prove he was murdered....

I wonder what her grounds for suspecting foul play are ? was he into something? anyone familiar with the case/backround ?

with the publicity worldwide that thailand has been getting for murders and the like any death here is looked apon as a possible murder

[mikethevigoman]

I was tempted to write this off as another breaved family clutching at straws for the purposes of an emotional vendetta. But then I re-read the details.

The guy cashes $300 of travellers cheques for which he obviously needs his passport.

He is last seen some hours later drinking with a colleague at a bar.

His body was discovered next day floating in the sea.

11 days later a friend, who had his clothes and passport, reports him missing.

4 months later his body is discovered unclaimed in a morgue.

Definately something odd with the case, more than just another bungling PC Plodphrasop investigation.

Sounds like he wandered off into the sea and left his belongings with a friend .i do that all the time, however ,up to now ive manged to get back too,

[APMann]

I think he drowned. If it was just the Thai post mortem evidence, I would cyncially ignore it, but the British one as well? Come on. The absence of money on his person can be explained by his rescurers, ie the Sawang or police or locals, having lifted the items, as is the usual rescue/retrieval fee here.

[aqua4]

So if it is declared that he was murdered. What then, as the trail will be cold as this was about 5 years ago. Maybe his insurance will not payout it the circumstances around his death is not finalised?

[Tony Clifton]

...A MOTHER whose son died on holiday in Thailand, last night expressed hope this week's inquest would help her prove he was murdered....

I wonder what her grounds for suspecting foul play are ? was he into something? anyone familiar with the case/backround ?

The boys in brown in charge of the investigation and no evident cause of death maybe?