Briton dies after fall from hotel

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Chiang Mai police were informed that the body of a British man had been found after falling from a hotel located near the Night Bazaar.

Police and rescue rushed to the scene to find the man, identified as Edward Fairburn, 40 of Leeds, United Kingdom, dead near the hotel path and Maekha canal. His arms and legs were broken and his passport, credit card and 7,200 baht were found on his body.

Mrs. Suthasinee Jaiman, and employee of Giant Beauty Salon located opposite the hotel, told police she had seen the man smoking near the fire exit doors on the 12th or 13th floor of the hotel. Shortly after that she heard that a man had fallen off the hotel and when she went to the scene, saw it was the man she had seen smoking earlier.

Police checked his passport and saw that he had entered for the first time in 2009 and arrived in Thailand at Nong Khai on August 2.

Police believe the man may have jumped from the 24th floor of the hotel but have taken his body for autopsy. The British Embassy have been contacted and the family can take the body back to the U.K. once the autopsy is complete.

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[chiangmaimail]2010/09/02[/chiangmaimail]

This is very late news!

His funeral took place at St Malachy's Church, Ovenden, Halifax, UK on Wednesday 1st September 2010!!!

:rolleyes:

Hmmm, hate to be so cynical but...If I happened to look up and notice someone 12 floors up, I wouldn't bother to see if he/she was smoking or not. Let alone get a good enough look at him to be able to positively identify his mangled body. Are farangs the only ones that happen to fall from tall buildings, or do we just not hear about it when a Thai falls?

I don't know why people always come up with these conspiracy theories?