Thai Police Identify British Attacker Of Danish Man In Pattaya

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Police Identify Attacker of Danish Man

Identified only as “John,” the suspect is in

his 50s and stands 180 cm. tall. Two women at

the Orn Beer Bar positively identified him from

security camera footage and police were

preparing an arrest warrant.

Police have identified the British man suspected of inflicting the injuries that likely caused the death of a married Danish man who came back to a Soi Diana beer bar to finish an earlier fight over a bargirl.

Police have released this sketch of the man they are seeking to question in the death of Lars Toft Jensen, a pub owner from the town of Oelstykke in Denmark.

Identified only as “John,” the suspect is in his 50s and stands 180 cm. tall. Two women at the Orn Beer Bar positively identified him from security camera footage and police were preparing an arrest warrant, writes Pattaya Mail.

The charges stem from the Oct. 5 death of Lars Toft Jensen, 43, at Bangkok Hospital Pattaya where he’d been taken two days before after being found unconscious in his Soi Diana guesthouse room.

Jensen and wife Ratchanok Kamme had just arrived from Denmark with their newborn child. While she went to show off the baby to the parents in Rayong, Jensen - reportedly a frequent visitor to Pattaya - went out on the town and while drinking at the popular Danish hangout, Orn Bar, got into a jealousy-fueled altercation with “John” over one of the hostesses there, 42-year-old Amintra Chantapan, writes Pattaya Mail

According to Pattaya Mail, witnesses said “John” or a friend of his knocked the Dane down. Police were called and the incident ended peacefully. But not willing to let it go, Jensen returned about 30 minutes later and supposedly blindsided one of the two Brits, knocking him to the ground. “John” allegedly then knocked down the Dane, kicked him in the head and pounded his skull into the pavement.

Bloodied, the Danish man again retreated and supposedly went back to his hotel, Pattaya Mail explains

Hours later, worried about Jensen, Orn Bar cashier Satisra Wetsuwan said she went to check on Jensen and found him unconscious. She called paramedics who took him to the hospital, where doctors said he was suffering from water on the brain, as well as other injures. He never recovered.

Source: http://www.scandasia.com/viewNews.php?news_id=7590&coun_code=dk

SCANDASIA.COM

-- 2010-10-29

[Rimmer]

The original story of the attack is covered HERE

[soihok]

Terrible experience for the deceased's wife and the child who will now never know her/his father.

Sorry in advance, but, what a idiot.

Such a shame.

[alina]

Terrible experience for the deceased's wife and the child who will now never know her/his father.

Sorry in advance, but, what a idiot.

Such a shame.

I think they now know him quite well, the wife goes to Rayong to show off her new born, the fater stays and in Pattaya in a bar with prostitutes. Eventually dies fighting over a prostitute. Nice father, nice caring man.

[alina]

How embarrasing, fighting over a BG (prostitute), even more so as he was a frequent visitor to Pattaya a city that has more prostitutes per sq metre than any other place on earth.

How will his family tell the tale, he died while fighting for a prostitute or he was beaten up by 2 drunken Englishman for no reason, really.

[moo9]

How embarrasing, fighting over a BG (prostitute), even more so as he was a frequent visitor to Pattaya a city that has more prostitutes per sq metre than any other place on earth.

How will his family tell the tale, he died while fighting for a prostitute or he was beaten up by 2 drunken Englishman for no reason, really.

It's not a reason to get killed by stupid hooligans. His private life was his own to be accepted decision. Besides this, how can you know for sure, that he was fighting for a bar working girl? In drunken state there are many things to argue about.

[BlackJack]

water on the brain

memo to me

dont drink water

[EyesWideOpen]

Wait ....a.... second.....   What happened to the three mysterious Thais who supposed robbed and beat him in his room ???

[dekbahnnok]

The original story of the attack is covered HERE

"pounded his head into the pavement" sounds like the Dane paid in full for a sucker punch...

[nariad]

Re Photo Fit

They must have a snooker table in Orn Bar ,What else would Stephan Hendry be doing in there ?

[Tolley]

What a stupid senseless death.

I find it hard to believe that they could charge the British man with murder if the circumstances were as outlined in the article.

It seems like the Dane instigated the second attack and unfortunately for him was on the wrong end of it.

[FarangBuddha]

Terrible experience for the deceased's wife and the child who will now never know her/his father.

Sorry in advance, but, what a idiot.

Such a shame.

I think they now know him quite well, the wife goes to Rayong to show off her new born, the fater stays and in Pattaya in a bar with prostitutes. Eventually dies fighting over a prostitute. Nice father, nice caring man.

Sums it up pretty well. Unfortunately, not an uncommon thing in Pattaya (guys (single or married) cavorting with (and sometimes fighting over) strumpets. Too bad for the baby in this case...but maybe better off in the long-run.

[stopnow]

You need grit, you need guts, when your dunking ginger nuts! oh its utterly utterly rotten to be ginger!