English man falls from his Jomtien Hotel Balcony after a night of heavy drinking

Police Major Tailert from Dongtan Police sub-station based on Jomtien Beach was called to the Jomtien Hotel to investigate the case of a foreign man who had apparently jumped form his hotel room balcony. At the scene, Rescue workers were attending to Mr. Mark Slingo aged 23 from England, a qualified diving instructor. According to his girlfriend, Khun Virada also aged 23 he had come back to his room number 307 on the 3rd floor after a night of drinking in a bar behind the Carrefour center in Central Pattaya. He had gone out to the balcony for a cigarette when he apparently fell off the balcony due to his intoxicated state. After an initial inspection, he appeared to have sustained a serious neck and shoulder injury and also some deep cuts to his foot and hand. He was transported to the Bangkok-Pattaya Hospital for treatment and his girlfriend was taken to the Dongtan station for further questioning. The case is still ongoing.

-Pattaya City News

English man falls from his Jomtien Hotel Balcony after a night of heavy drinking

 

Police Major Tailert from Dongtan Police sub-station based on Jomtien Beach was called to the Jomtien Hotel to investigate the case of a foreign man who had apparently jumped form his hotel room balcony. At the scene, Rescue workers were attending to Mr. Mark Slingo aged 23 from England, a qualified diving instructor. According to his girlfriend, Khun Virada also aged 23 he had come back to his room number 307 on the 3rd floor after a night of drinking in a bar behind the Carrefour center in Central Pattaya. He had gone out to the balcony for a cigarette when he apparently fell off the balcony due to his intoxicated state. After an initial inspection, he appeared to have sustained a serious neck and shoulder injury and also some deep cuts to his foot and hand. He was transported to the Bangkok-Pattaya Hospital for treatment and his girlfriend was taken to the Dongtan station for further questioning. The case is still ongoing.

-Pattaya City News

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How many times have we read of Farangs falling off balconies after a drink.

I don`t know what the height of the balcony rails are at this hotel, but some balconies tend to be only a bit higher than your wasteline if you are tall and quite easy to fall over if you miss your step or have had a drop too much....Is their a regulation height for a balcony rail?? Probably not...

English man falls from his Jomtien Hotel Balcony after a night of heavy drinking

 

Police Major Tailert from Dongtan Police sub-station based on Jomtien Beach was called to the Jomtien Hotel to investigate the case of a foreign man who had apparently jumped form his hotel room balcony. At the scene, Rescue workers were attending to Mr. Mark Slingo aged 23 from England, a qualified diving instructor. According to his girlfriend, Khun Virada also aged 23 he had come back to his room number 307 on the 3rd floor after a night of drinking in a bar behind the Carrefour center in Central Pattaya. He had gone out to the balcony for a cigarette when he apparently fell off the balcony due to his intoxicated state. After an initial inspection, he appeared to have sustained a serious neck and shoulder injury and also some deep cuts to his foot and hand. He was transported to the Bangkok-Pattaya Hospital for treatment and his girlfriend was taken to the Dongtan station for further questioning. The case is still ongoing.

-Pattaya City News

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If he died would it pronounced as a suicide and then summarily questioned if it was actually a murder?

Maybe when he wakes up the conspiratorists amongst us can ask him if he was pushed.

Just and observation I've picked up on reading many posts.

I guess there are advantages to staying on a low numbered floor.

The Phantom Flalang Flinger, strikes again.

A qualified DIVING instructor ????

Yes, The judges only gave him 5.7 for that one.

Thai reporting at its best!!! Why would they include his diving cert? Has to be for the laff, cant see any logical reason to add that to the story!!!

Dumb idiot - hope the guy survives, and in future learns not to Drink and DIVE - lol

English man falls from his Jomtien Hotel Balcony after a night of heavy drinking

  

Police Major Tailert from Dongtan Police sub-station based on Jomtien Beach was called to the Jomtien Hotel to investigate the case of a foreign man who had apparently jumped form his hotel room balcony. At the scene, Rescue workers were attending to Mr. Mark Slingo aged 23 from England, a qualified diving instructor. According to his girlfriend, Khun Virada also aged 23 he had come back to his room number 307 on the 3rd floor after a night of drinking in a bar behind the Carrefour center in Central Pattaya. He had gone out to the balcony for a cigarette when he apparently fell off the balcony due to his intoxicated state. After an initial inspection, he appeared to have sustained a serious neck and shoulder injury and also some deep cuts to his foot and hand. He was transported to the Bangkok-Pattaya Hospital for treatment and his girlfriend was taken to the Dongtan station for further questioning. The case is still ongoing.

-Pattaya City News

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How many times have we read of Farangs falling off balconies after a drink.

I don`t know what the height of the balcony rails are at this hotel, but some balconies tend to be only a bit higher than your wasteline if you are tall and quite easy to fall over if you miss your step or have had a drop too much....Is their a regulation height for a balcony rail?? Probably not...

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The Height for a handrail in the UK is 42 inches, the one on my balcony is 39 but a friends in View Talay is considerably lower

English man falls from his Jomtien Hotel Balcony after a night of heavy drinking

  

Police Major Tailert from Dongtan Police sub-station based on Jomtien Beach was called to the Jomtien Hotel to investigate the case of a foreign man who had apparently jumped form his hotel room balcony. At the scene, Rescue workers were attending to Mr. Mark Slingo aged 23 from England, a qualified diving instructor. According to his girlfriend, Khun Virada also aged 23 he had come back to his room number 307 on the 3rd floor after a night of drinking in a bar behind the Carrefour center in Central Pattaya. He had gone out to the balcony for a cigarette when he apparently fell off the balcony due to his intoxicated state. After an initial inspection, he appeared to have sustained a serious neck and shoulder injury and also some deep cuts to his foot and hand. He was transported to the Bangkok-Pattaya Hospital for treatment and his girlfriend was taken to the Dongtan station for further questioning. The case is still ongoing.

-Pattaya City News

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How many times have we read of Farangs falling off balconies after a drink.

I don`t know what the height of the balcony rails are at this hotel, but some balconies tend to be only a bit higher than your wasteline if you are tall and quite easy to fall over if you miss your step or have had a drop too much....Is their a regulation height for a balcony rail?? Probably not...

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how about safety nets?

Maybe we are being slightly wrong when we treat these balcony suicides as murders...when in fact they could be simple accidents? Albeit self-induced accidents!

I just like the title of this thread

Brit Survives Fall From Balcony from "britmaveric"

Well i guess you're a maveric , Britt

I just like the title of this thread

Brit Survives Fall From Balcony  from "britmaveric"

Well i guess you're a maveric , Britt   

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Being a fox I`m glad he didn`t call me an unbranded calf

I just like the title of this thread

Brit Survives Fall From Balcony  from "britmaveric"

Well i guess you're a maveric , Britt   

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DK- take that as a compliment I think!!

Funny when I'm legless it never occurs to me to go out on the balcony - i make it as far as the bed if I'm lucky!!!

Maybe we are being slightly wrong when we treat these balcony suicides as murders...when in fact they could be simple accidents? Albeit self-induced accidents!

That depends on what method of restraint said suicidee uses proir to flinging himself roughly to the ground. Hands and feet tied, suicide. Hog tied, undecided.

24th February: When he's well police will get his version of events

At 2.30 in the morning on February 24, Police Major Tailert Lehpehr, inquiry inspector at Kongdongtan Sub-station was alerted to another farang falling off a balcony. In the last month alone there have been several such incidents of this nature involving Thai and farangs.

The police major went to Jomtien Hotel 2 with volunteers of the Sawang Boriboon, and there on the ground was Mark Slingo, a twenty three year old Brit lying in a very poorly condition.

Police knocked on the door of room 307 on the third floor and spoke with his girlfriend who at that moment had no idea what had happened.

Widraadaa Poopaanhaa, 23, told the police major that her boyfriend works as a diving instructor at Mermaid on Soi Whitehouse. They had gone out that evening to drink at a friend's house in Central Pattaya and had come back very drunk around 1am. Her boyfriend went for a drink on the balcony and she immediately crashed out in the room.

It's expected Mark Slingo with make a full recovery, and at an appropriate moment police will get his version of events.

-Pattaya People

Maybe we are being slightly wrong when we treat these balcony suicides as murders...when in fact they could be simple accidents? Albeit self-induced accidents!

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That depends on what method of restraint said suicidee uses proir to flinging himself roughly to the ground. Hands and feet tied, suicide. Hog tied, undecided.

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For sure, but I'm talking about those which are booked in as suicides, relatives claim murder...but all along were accidents.