Elderly German Man Robbed Of 50,000 THB

[Rimmer]

Elderly German Man Robbed Of 50,000 THB

A group of Thai males who were driving a pick-up pulled in front of an elderly German man while he was walking back home. They then attacked him beating him unconscious and stole 1,000 Euro in cash before fleeing the scene.

PATTAYA – January 9, 2014 [PDN]; at 4.00 a.m. Pol. Capt. Witsanu Chaisuwan (Deputy Inspector of Pattaya city police station, Chonburi province) was notified from bystanders that they found a foreign man who had been attacked who asked them for assistance near Boonkanjanaram temple, Jomtien second road, Moo 12 Tambon Nong Prue, Amphur Banglamung, Chonburi province. So he rushed to inspect scene together with a police team.

At the incident the officers found foreign man a Mr. Franz Eibl, aged 75, German nationality; he had a swollen face a broken nose and black eyes. Therefore, the officers coordinate with the rescuers to perform first aid.

Full story:--http://www.pattayadailynews.com/en/2014/01/09/elderly-german-man-robbed-of-50000-thb/

--PATTAYA DAILY NEWS 2014-01-09

[JoeThePoster]

From questioning bystanders they said that Mr. Franz Eibl was sitting leisurely in front of the market then he lost control while walking up some stairs and fell down the stairs injuring himself so they assisted him by performing first aid.

Poor chap. First assaulted, then this !

[aothai]

Idiot!! Walking 4 am with that much money on the street !!!!!

[Tywais]

Idiot!! Walking 4 am with that much money on the street !!!!!

Didn't take long for someone to come along and blame the victim.

[NeverSure]

I don't think he got all of those facial injuries from falling down stairs, but what do I know? Maybe he was sitting after being assaulted and then fell??

I do like the stories where Thais assist farangs. We don't get enough of those stories.

[arthurwait]

Idiot!! Walking 4 am with that much money on the street !!!!!

It's hard to disagree with that.

Probably seen counting it earlier in some bar.

[aothai]

Not blame the victim only say never walk at this time with that much on the street ,stupid is in it !?

[bangkapi]

The amount stolen is equal to only around two 500 Euro Notes. Maybe he felt carrying it was safer than leaving it in his hotel room.

Yet, being anywhere drunk and elderly in the middle of the night walking alone can find you mugged almost anywhere in the world.

[Asiantravel]

Idiot!! Walking 4 am with that much money on the street !!!!!

Didn't take long for someone to come along and blame the victim.

I don't regard what andreas said as being the same as blaming him?

Everyone needs to exercise common sense and it is simply imprudent to walk around with large sums of money in the early hours of the morning?

[chooka]

The amount stolen is equal to only around two 500 Euro Notes. Maybe he felt carrying it was safer than leaving it in his hotel room.

Yet, being anywhere drunk and elderly in the middle of the night walking alone can find you mugged almost anywhere in the world.

Was he drunk?

Why do so many always assume that when a farang gets beaten up, robbed or murdered in Thailand that they were drunk?

[Amir]

The amount stolen is equal to only around two 500 Euro Notes. Maybe he felt carrying it was safer than leaving it in his hotel room.

Yet, being anywhere drunk and elderly in the middle of the night walking alone can find you mugged almost anywhere in the world.

Was he drunk?

Why do so many always assume that when a farang gets beaten up, robbed or murdered in Thailand that they were drunk?

Because a drunk is an easier prey than a sober person able to react faster, defend him self or be smart enough to run away....

[chrisinth]

The amount stolen is equal to only around two 500 Euro Notes. Maybe he felt carrying it was safer than leaving it in his hotel room.

Yet, being anywhere drunk and elderly in the middle of the night walking alone can find you mugged almost anywhere in the world.

Was he drunk?

Why do so many always assume that when a farang gets beaten up, robbed or murdered in Thailand that they were drunk?

Because a drunk is an easier prey than a sober person able to react faster, defend him self or be smart enough to run away....

I'm sorry, but at 75 years of age, regardless of what you may think, reaction time between drunk and sober wouldn't make that much difference.

That's before we get to the defending or running away bit.................

[skills32]

Why don't you all read the full story before jumping to conclusions.

Witnesses said he was sitting on the steps, got up and fell down the steps.

Maybe he didn't have the money on him,

[ultimate weapon]

The amount stolen is equal to only around two 500 Euro Notes. Maybe he felt carrying it was safer than leaving it in his hotel room.

Yet, being anywhere drunk and elderly in the middle of the night walking alone can find you mugged almost anywhere in the world.

wow they have 500 euro notes?

My country has 10k notes i think.

[andygunther]

Idiot!! Walking 4 am with that much money on the street !!!!!

Didn't take long for someone to come along and blame the victim.

I don't regard what andreas said as being the same as blaming him?

Everyone needs to exercise common sense and it is simply imprudent to walk around with large sums of money in the early hours of the morning?

What you are saying is that if he had only had 3-4000 bht, they would not have robbed him?

These gangs are looking for lonely elderly, and this time They got the jackpot.

[Suradit69]

Idiot!! Walking 4 am with that much money on the street !!!!!

Yes, I sympathize with him, but I would rarely walk about with that much money at any time and a 75 year old wandering about at 4:00 am is ridiculous. I feel very safe in Pattaya and even Bangkok, but I still exercise some caution.

[impulse]

Not blame the victim only say never walk at this time with that much on the street ,stupid is in it !?

If they were going to beat the tar out of someone, it didn't really matter how much he was carrying, did it? They probably didn't know how much it was until after they had attacked him. He could have had 20 baht in his pocket and he would have still been beaten unconscious. Frankly, if my life is threatened like that, I'd really rather be able to fork over a decent wad of cash in hopes they'll get all focused on counting it and leave me alive.

Or he could have left it in his hotel room and we'd have another thread about how stupid it is to leave money in a hotel room, even in the room safe.

Or he could walk around with no cash and we'd have another thread about how stupid it is to walk around without cash for emergencies.

Or we could have a thread about how stupid it is for an older guy to even come to Thailand. Tough audience here at TV...

That said, most of these stories seem to happen in the wee hours. My fear is that's about the time I get up and go to work in the morning. Sober as a judge, but without benefit of caffeine- I could be next. They'd get about $500 USD on most days.

Edited January 9, 2014 by impulse

[skiller]

Idiot!! Walking 4 am with that much money on the street !!!!!

I am guessing you never saw 1000 euro in a hand. People like you can live 4 months with it. What a shame!

[aveabeeror2]

The amount stolen is equal to only around two 500 Euro Notes. Maybe he felt carrying it was safer than leaving it in his hotel room.

Yet, being anywhere drunk and elderly in the middle of the night walking alone can find you mugged almost anywhere in the world.

Was he drunk?

Why do so many always assume that when a farang gets beaten up, robbed or murdered in Thailand that they were drunk?

Because a drunk is an easier prey than a sober person able to react faster, defend him self or be smart enough to run away....

Yep, he certainly looks as he would be a fast reactor, fighter and a fast runner. His attackers beingh a lot younger than him, i know this because I am a TV nember,would not have been able to match him.

[Loles]

Poor old man.

He is enough old to understand the world, and especially TH.

Why have to carry 1000 E over midnight in Pattaya? May be this money was his daily "bar budget" but didn't run out cause hookers didn't want to go with him and his buddies paid all his drinks.

[ultimate weapon]

Idiot!! Walking 4 am with that much money on the street !!!!!

I am guessing you never saw 1000 euro in a hand. People like you can live 4 months with it. What a shame!

Well some of these ppl here have probably adapted to thai standards of living. 1000 euro is a lot of money for a thai and what is worse is that the largest amount of thai currency is the 1k bht so 1k euro is really so many 1k thb.

[ultimate weapon]

1k euro is around 45k thb it isn't 50k thb.

[Sayonarax]

The amount stolen is equal to only around two 500 Euro Notes. Maybe he felt carrying it was safer than leaving it in his hotel room.

Yet, being anywhere drunk and elderly in the middle of the night walking alone can find you mugged almost anywhere in the world.

Was he drunk?

Why do so many always assume that when a farang gets beaten up, robbed or murdered in Thailand that they were drunk?

They watched all them CSI shows on cable..

[ultimate weapon]

Can somebody pls correct this story. Unless he had 50k of thb on him which was stolen then it's 50kthb if it's 1k euro that was stolen from him then it's only 45k thb not 50kthb this story makes it seem like the euro suddenly jumped up so high. What's next american had 40k THB stolen from him which is 1K USD. GTFOH

[Travelman868]

The amount stolen is equal to only around two 500 Euro Notes. Maybe he felt carrying it was safer than leaving it in his hotel room.

Yet, being anywhere drunk and elderly in the middle of the night walking alone can find you mugged almost anywhere in the world.

Yep your right 2 X 500 = 1000 10 x 100 = 1000 and your point is ???? Nobody in their right mind goes out

drinking with $1200 in their pocket.

[kurnell]

They had to beat a 75yo unconscious to rob him? Typical, cowardly Thai males once again.

[RuskiCat]

In other braking news:

A Russian was seen drunk near walking street

An Australia youth wearing flip flops and no shirt mistook a lady boy for a woman

A group of Chinese tourists lost their tour guide and were blocking traffic looking confused in the middle of a busy intersection

[Asiantravel]

Idiot!! Walking 4 am with that much money on the street !!!!!

Didn't take long for someone to come along and blame the victim.

I don't regard what andreas said as being the same as blaming him?

Everyone needs to exercise common sense and it is simply imprudent to walk around with large sums of money in the early hours of the morning?

What you are saying is that if he had only had 3-4000 bht, they would not have robbed him?

These gangs are looking for lonely elderly, and this time They got the jackpot.

That's exactly why I said it's imprudent to..............

1. walk around
2. with a large sum of money

in the early hours of the morning ( And especially as you say if you are lonely elderly)

That way you wouldn't risk losing even 3-4000 bht would you?

[Naam]

Idiot!! Walking 4 am with that much money on the street !!!!!

Didn't take long for someone to come along and blame the victim.

I don't regard what andreas said as being the same as blaming him?

Everyone needs to exercise common sense and it is simply imprudent to walk around with large sums of money in the early hours of the morning?

large sums

[laobali]

He could be an Alzheimer's sufferer or maybe just a 75 year old dummkopf to be wandering around Pattaya at 4 a.m. - with or without a large amount of cash on him.