Soure: http://www.pattayamail.com/current/news.shtml#hd9

The details of the story sound a little implausible that the pensioner

would take such extreme measures to agitate the man, but we have

to have an excuse for the behavior and there it is. Believe it or not.

A quick slap to the head does not leave you bloody under the table.

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A British man who volubly objected to the presence of a loan shark

in the restaurant in which he was dining was knocked unconscious

when he made an obscene gesture at the man.

Police lead Tawatchai Rooruab to the cells after he attacked a British

man in a Soi Phothisarn restaurant.

Police were called out at 1 a.m. on February 28 to the Krau Marum Music

Restaurant on Soi Phothisarn, a restaurant and karaoke bar, where they

found Gordon Robert Head, 56, lying covered in blood under a table. He

had a wound to the head, bruises to his face and body, and was unconscious.

The officers administered first aid until he regained consciousness, and then

transferred him to Banglamung Hospital for treatment.

The attacker was identified as Tawatchai Rooruab, also known as Ai Kung, a

29-year-old resident of Sukhothai. He had a bloodstained right hand, and had

not had time to escape from the restaurant. Kung stated that he was a loan

shark and was collecting money in the restaurant. A foreign man had shouted

obscenities at him and made a gesture with his middle finger. Kung said he

became angry and struck the man, who hit his head on a pillar on his way to

the floor. Police charged Kung with assault and causing bodily harm.

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Gordon Robert Head, 56,

sounds more like a Richard Head to me, tw@t

Now I am British and hate the generalisations but this is 3 Brtish guys in just over a week in their 50's beaten up for sticking their nose in where its not wanted

The guy with the bagof stones over his head

The Karaoke objection guy

This guy

Are these cases of Victor Meldrew and too many drinks they are not used to?

At an age when it probably not a good idea to get in scrapes with younger guy's they seem to be doing so - would they do this athome with strangers?

Two British guy's were shot (one dead) in a Pattaya bar a few years ago for interfering in monely collection too but they were younger.

Head gotta a bitch slap.

It's understandable though the hostility and frustration this Head dude might have felt. Mia falang are often the bread and butter customers of lower market loan sharks. And guess who pays the interest in the end?

It's understandable though the hostility and frustration this Head dude might have felt. Mia falang are often the bread and butter customers of lower market loan sharks. And guess who pays the interest in the end?

They also often pawn their gold just before the farang arrives in-country and the farang pays for the retreival of that too.

I have had that one in my ear on mor than a few occasions from guy's

Police were called out at 1 a.m. on February 28 to the Krau Marum Music

Restaurant on Soi Phothisarn, a restaurant and karaoke bar, where they

found Gordon Robert Head, 56, lying covered in blood under a table.

Are you sure, these are two different stories?

Police Lieutenant Colonel Wirawoot from Pattaya Police Station joined rescue workers at the Krua Maroom Music Bar located in Soi Potisan in Naklua in the early hours of Thursday Morning to investigate a serious assault on a English Man. At the scene, rescue workers attended to Mr. Robert Gordon aged 56

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=171991

Same day, same soi, same place, same age. Just the name is a little different. Same news if you ask me. Just a different reason for the beating (Loan shark or taste of music).

Major insurance companies in Pattaya propose 50% discount for customers

who promise to go to bed before midnight

Naka.

Police were called out at 1 a.m. on February 28 to the Krau Marum Music

Restaurant on Soi Phothisarn, a restaurant and karaoke bar, where they

found Gordon Robert Head, 56, lying covered in blood under a table.

Are you sure, these are two different stories?

Police Lieutenant Colonel Wirawoot from Pattaya Police Station joined rescue workers at the Krua Maroom Music Bar located in Soi Potisan in Naklua in the early hours of Thursday Morning to investigate a serious assault on a English Man. At the scene, rescue workers attended to Mr. Robert Gordon aged 56

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=171991

Same day, same soi, same place, same age. Just the name is a little different. Same news if you ask me. Just a different reason for the beating (Loan shark or taste of music).

Same same but different ?

its low season but not for the hospitals...wish i had the money to open one

Major insurance companies in Pattaya propose 50% discount for customers

who promise to go to bed before midnight

Naka.

And Tony's Gym have started Ambulance Chasing to offer their "Life Time Gym Membership"

My name is Gordon and I'm a 'HEAD' case. Getting knocked about from 'PILLAR' to post.

Well I'm 56 and if I knew someone was a loan shark I would think twice before putting up the 'finger' thats for sure!

Heng, I think solved the answer to the riddle. I couldn't for the life of me

figure out why a 56-year old man would get into such a heated altercation

knowing full well how these things end. Maybe the wife borrowed money.

It is in fact the same story, but from two different news agencies, the details

so completely different. 1 assailant vs. 2. Reason given not bad taste in music

but the fact a money lender was involved. My apologies, same karaoke bar.

The part I struggled with was the description of how he ended up in a bloody,

unconcious puddle on the floor. After bouncing off the table end and then

richocheting off the nearby pillar. What are the odds? freak circumstances.