Kata Killing: Merlin Skipper Ready To Sail

[alanmorison]

THE Swiss sailor involved in the bizarre saga of the boat invasion and the body in the water finally has his passport back and is free to leave Thailand.

For Pierre-Alain Oberson, it has been a strange six months in limbo, waiting. The mystery at sea in which he played a central role gripped expats on the island.

What was the real story, the whole story?

Eventually, police must have decided that the Kata killing was self-defence because Oberson's passport was returned on July 7. The incident took place on January 9.

''I still don't know why it happened,'' Oberson told Phuketwan. ''At times, I still find it all hard to believe.''

-- Full report at www.phuketwan.com