Englishman robbed of cash and valuables from East Pattaya house

PATTAYA:--A British Ex-pat returned home after celebrating the Loy Krathong Festival with friends on Thursday to find his house had been ransacked and a small safe containing cash and valuables had been taken.

Police were called to the home of Mr. Edmund Catterall aged 63 from Wigan, UK on Thursday, at the Raviporn Place Estate in Soi Neun Plub Wan to investigate the break-in which resulted in the theft of his room safe. It reportedly contained 13,000 Pounds Sterling, 500 US Dollars, 10,000 Baht, 1 Nokia Mobile Phone, 1 Samsung Mobile Phone and a Rotary Branded Wrist Watch with a combined value of over 700,000 Baht.

There were no witnesses to the break-in and damage to the front door to the house and the door to his bedroom,

Full story:http://www.pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/67167/englishman-robbed-cash-valuables-east-pattaya-house/

-- Pattaya One 2012-11-29

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The fact they left his laptop and DVD player makes me slightly suspicious there is more to this story.

The fact they left his laptop and DVD player makes me slightly suspicious there is more to this story.

Maybe not. If it was a one man job he would have had his hands pretty full hanging on to the safe. Then again, someone may have tipped him off what was inside!

13.000 Pounds, the equivalent of 650.000 Baht.

Have these people ever heard about banks?

There goes his retirement visa money for next year, will people learn that there are such things as banks.

Wow think of all the pies and black peas he could have bought with that money.

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The sums of money he stated might or might not be correct, if correct then he was rather careless about the safety of his financial belongings, certainly the sum of 13 K. should not have been kept in his house.

It should have gone to a Thai bank for a 3 K. saving account, and a 10 K. fixed account, this would have provided cash security, and interest payments.

Unfortunately he did not do it, hence his mishap.

"It reportedly contained 13,000 Pounds Sterling, 500 US Dollars, 10,000 Baht, ...... with a combined value of over 700,000 Baht."

wanke_r.

but who would trust a bank nowadays?

but who would trust a bank nowadays?

In the context of this thread that is a monumentally stupid reply.

So much money in a safe not bolted down sounds like bull to me.

Retard.

but who would trust a bank nowadays?

In the context of this thread that is a monumentally stupid reply.

o.k,it wasn't the funniest of comment's,but anyone with a light-hearted comment or anything resembling a teeny weeny controversial comment seem to get castigated on this forum.

the amount of post's removed is beyond the joke nowadays,

yes,yes..i'm waiting for it..if you don't like it....

but who would trust a bank nowadays?

In the context of this thread that is a monumentally stupid reply.

o.k,it wasn't the funniest of comment's,but anyone with a light-hearted comment or anything resembling a teeny weeny controversial comment seem to get castigated on this forum.

the amount of post's removed is beyond the joke nowadays,

yes,yes..i'm waiting for it..if you don't like it....

It was funny!

I don't consider 13000 pounds to be an excessively large amount of money to keep at home, but the safe is probably the unsafest place to keep it...

I don't consider 13000 pounds to be an excessively large amount of money to keep at home, but the safe is probably the unsafest place to keep it...

Your post is worth a thread of it's own. How many others think 13K sterling is a reasonable amount to keep at home in Pattaya?

I don't consider 13000 pounds to be an excessively large amount of money to keep at home, but the safe is probably the unsafest place to keep it...

Your post is worth a thread of it's own. How many others think 13K sterling is a reasonable amount to keep at home in Pattaya?

People who answer it is ok could be leaving themselves open to be "targeted" maybe best to keep quiet

but who would trust a bank nowadays?

In the context of this thread that is a monumentally stupid reply.

Hear Hear !

So...nobody saw thugs lugging a safe out of the building? Of course not.

I don't consider 13000 pounds to be an excessively large amount of money to keep at home, but the safe is probably the unsafest place to keep it...

13k is a bit excessive in my book...but i do keep a couple thousand in the house as emergency/travel money...but it's hidden in plain sight...would never keep it in my safe.

Edited November 30, 201213 yr by OMGImInPattaya

but who would trust a bank nowadays?

zabaleta ... Why do you give such a senseless reply, it is not good for your image, because it indicates a negative mental ability, bear in mind.

Doesn't sound very SAFE if you can just walk away with it

I don't consider 13000 pounds to be an excessively large amount of money to keep at home, but the safe is probably the unsafest place to keep it...

13k is a bit excessive in my book...but i do keep a couple thousand in the house as emergency/travel money...but it's hidden in plain sight...would never keep it in my safe.

How bizarre. I have no safe, nor do I need one. I never have more than a few thousand Baht at home.

What I do have is 4 well-stocked savings accounts with 4 nearby banks, and 2 UK credit cards. Between them they seem to cover all eventualities, and they pay me interest too.

The idea of keeping GBP13K in cash at home seems completely bonkers to me.

I don't consider 13000 pounds to be an excessively large amount of money to keep at home, but the safe is probably the unsafest place to keep it...

Your post is worth a thread of it's own. How many others think 13K sterling is a reasonable amount to keep at home in Pattaya?

This is genius. You regularly keep upwards of 13k in your home in Thailand but not in a safe?? 5555. Made my morning, thanks.

I don't consider 13000 pounds to be an excessively large amount of money to keep at home, but the safe is probably the unsafest place to keep it...

Your post is worth a thread of it's own. How many others think 13K sterling is a reasonable amount to keep at home in Pattaya?

This is genius. You regularly keep upwards of 13k in your home in Thailand but not in a safe?? 5555. Made my morning, thanks.

I don't... because at the moment, I see no necessity to keep it.

BUT... incase I would really need money immediately and for some reason I don't have access to my bank, I would need the money at home.

A couple thousand are enough to face a small emergency for one person, but that money will not last long - it's already gone if one buys a plane ticket on short notice with it.

But imagine a family/group of 4 people that must leave the country overnight for whatever reason?

And regarding the place where to keep it....

Either a safe, but then one that is solidly sealed inside the floor (and well hidden and kept a secret), or a place nobody will think about looking into, there are many, just use your imagination. In the case of the brit, looking at the photo I would probably have stashed it in the foot of the fan/ventilator.

Edited November 30, 201213 yr by manarak

I don't consider 13000 pounds to be an excessively large amount of money to keep at home, but the safe is probably the unsafest place to keep it...

13k is a bit excessive in my book...but i do keep a couple thousand in the house as emergency/travel money...but it's hidden in plain sight...would never keep it in my safe.

How bizarre. I have no safe, nor do I need one. I never have more than a few thousand Baht at home.

What I do have is 4 well-stocked savings accounts with 4 nearby banks, and 2 UK credit cards. Between them they seem to cover all eventualities, and they pay me interest too.

The idea of keeping GBP13K in cash at home seems completely bonkers to me.

Power goes out poof goes the ATMs...flooding or other natural or man made disaster could cause banks to temporally close, some neighboring countries where I travel like US$; so therefore I keep a couple thousand $ at home.

The fact they left his laptop and DVD player makes me slightly suspicious there is more to this story.

Maybe not. If it was a one man job he would have had his hands pretty full hanging on to the safe. Then again, someone may have tipped him off what was inside!

Almost certainly the case. Probably his Thai gf.

o.k,it wasn't the funniest of comment's,but anyone with a light-hearted comment or anything resembling a teeny weeny controversial comment seem to get castigated on this forum.

the amount of post's removed is beyond the joke nowadays,

yes,yes..i'm waiting for it..if you don't like it....

Yes, I've noticed that over the last couple of months.

I put it down to mission creep, too much spare time and possibly retired government non-workers on a platinum plated solid gold pension.

The fact they left his laptop and DVD player makes me slightly suspicious there is more to this story.

Maybe not. If it was a one man job he would have had his hands pretty full hanging on to the safe. Then again, someone may have tipped him off what was inside!

Almost certainly the case. Probably his Thai gf.

The one and only time (so far) I had a house break in was done by my least favorite ex-wife's son - the kid was smarter than his mother- she got nothing from the divorce, but he got away with 2 televisions, laptop, some jewelry and $3,000 laying (as one poster said - in plain sight) kept for emergencies - he will be found one day and I have no mercy, he will be jailed............

He wasn't robbed; he was burgled. Robbery is theft using violence against a person. He wasn't there, so there cant have been a robbery.

It seems an excessive amount to have in the house, unless he had some reason to need cash (i.e. flying back to the UK this week, or buying a car from a returning expat who wanted pounds).

Hope the police are at least on-the-ball enough to get the local money exchange places to keep a record for them of the ID card / passport numbers of anyone changing a lot of sterling. (Should be easy enough to pick out the people that have just arrived from the UK on the list, and see who's left)