5 year old son locked in house with dead British Father in East Pattaya

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5 year old son locked in house with dead British Father in East Pattaya



PATTAYA: -- Police and medics were called to a house in Soi Kao Talo in East Pattaya on Saturday after neighbors discovered the body of the British Owner of a house and inside was his 5 year old son who is thought to have been trapped inside the house with his dead Father for at-least 7 days.

The disturbing incident was dealt with by Nongprue Police who were contacted by residents who noticed a foul odour coming from the house and they heard the cries of a young boy, who was later found to be the deceased man’s 5 year old son.
Inside the bedroom on the floor and next to the bed was the body of Mr. Robert Sorensen aged 36, a former teacher in Pattaya who is thought to have recently been working offshore.

The boy was taken into care by Welfare Officers and due to his age he was unable to comprehend what had happened to his Father. The Thai mother of the child is currently being located and the British Embassy in Bangkok are offering consular assistance to the boy at this time.

Full story: http://www.pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/126401/5-year-old-son-locked-in-house-with-dead-british-father-in-east-pattaya/


-- Pattaya One 2014-04-28

[chooka]

Terrible story, the poor little boy. I guess he and his father lived a quite life and pretty much kept to themselves. I hope English relatives come forward and offer the little guy a real chance in life.

[andygunther]

Poor kid ... I hope he will not be traumatized by the incident.

[Greer]

Poor kid. Yes, I hope the Uk relatives will offer him a new home, although if his mother is found, it is likely that he will be sent to live with her.

[Jessi]

RiP I hope your little boy will be OK.

[Marcel1]

Heart breaking stories these,...

Being locked up with your passed away dad must be horrible at the age of five.

Hope he turns out fine and some family members take good care of him.

Also the dad of 36, that's no age to leave life

[JesseFrank]

Ever taken in consideration that the mother wasn't there because they are divorced and have shared custody of the child ? Or do you think the father took the 5 year old with him when he went to work offshore.

[AyG]

Terrible story, the poor little boy. I guess he and his father lived a quite life and pretty much kept to themselves. I hope English relatives come forward and offer the little guy a real chance in life.

Must have missed it somewhere! Where did it say the father was English? Racism is a funny thing: it's much closer to home than you think!

The original article does describe him as "British". That's close enough, isn't it?

[chooka]

Terrible story, the poor little boy. I guess he and his father lived a quite life and pretty much kept to themselves. I hope English relatives come forward and offer the little guy a real chance in life.

Must have missed it somewhere! Where did it say the father was English? Racism is a funny thing: it's much closer to home than you think!

My apologies, British not English.

To all those offended by what appears as an extremely racist post, my apologies. In no way did racism enter my mind when I wrote it and it was never intended to appear racist. Again my very sincere apologies to all those offended.

May I suggest that the Mods remove my post. I am very sorry.

Edited April 28, 2014 by chooka

[gabruce]

Terrible story, the poor little boy. I guess he and his father lived a quite life and pretty much kept to themselves. I hope English relatives come forward and offer the little guy a real chance in life.

Must have missed it somewhere! Where did it say the father was English? Racism is a funny thing: it's much closer to home than you think!

It said the father was British, so we don't know if he is English, Welsh, Scottish (are there any other possibilities).

Here's hoping that he will be well cared for and have a good future.

[GAZZPA]

Terrible story, the poor little boy. I guess he and his father lived a quite life and pretty much kept to themselves. I hope English relatives come forward and offer the little guy a real chance in life.

Must have missed it somewhere! Where did it say the father was English? Racism is a funny thing: it's much closer to home than you think!

It said he was British. A lot of people think British is English it is a common misunderstanding, it's certainly not racism.

I think it's sad that people are bringing this up here. This is a tragic story, very sad and we should all be offering condolences and sympathy for the young boy.

RIP, my thoughts and prayers go out to his son and family.

[awayego]

Well, I was trying NOT to speculate. You might well be correct in your speculation. On the other hand, you might not.

I was simply dealing with the situation as it has been reported - mother wasn't there for seven days, for whatever reason. Plus, I was seconding the original poster's opinion that the boy would likely have a better future in UK rather than in Thailand. I have a four year old boy and if I could afford to take him (and his Thai mother) back to UK for his education, I would do so.

But the bottom line, and purpose of my comment, was to criticise the spurious "racist" inference.

[jacko45k]

I wouldn't sweat it so much... some of the PC crowd have the hearing aid turned up high and a megaphone at the ready.
A pity the OP tragedy gets overshadowed by such responses.

[ben2203]

The father could be Norther Irish, Scottish or Welsh and not English but that's not even racism as neither are races they are countries, Perhaps, it was to do with assuming that the kid would be better off with his English relatives. I wholeheartedly agree with you though, it seems that the boy was living with only his father, the mother of the child wasn't there for 7 days so I assume they had separated, and the mother doesn't seem to have the kid's welfare at heart really, otherwise she probably would have called to find out how he was doing etc.

Edited April 28, 2014 by Rimmer

[awayego]

Terrible story, the poor little boy. I guess he and his father lived a quite life and pretty much kept to themselves. I hope English relatives come forward and offer the little guy a real chance in life.

Must have missed it somewhere! Where did it say the father was English? Racism is a funny thing: it's much closer to home than you think!

My apologies, British not English.

To all those offended by what appears as an extremely racist post, my apologies. In no way did racism enter my mind when I wrote it and it was never intended to appear racist. Again my very sincere apologies to all those offended.

May I suggest that the Mods remove my post. I am very sorry.

Why? Why should your valid comments be removed just because some people chose to interpret your post as "racist"?

It was not. Retain the post and keep posting!

Edited April 28, 2014 by awayego

[anto]

>>It said the father was British, so we don't know if he is English, Welsh, Scottish (are there any other possibilities).<<

Northern Irish is another possibility .Don't ever call Southern Irish British though as they don't

like it.

[ezzra]

Yes, I second that, how? or perhaps a bit of a paranoia at play here?

[beb]

Only Thaivisa commenters could take such a tragic story and use it as a launching pad for charges of racism etc. Get over yourselves. A 5 year old boy just went through a horrific experience. Work through your personal issues somewhere else.

[technologybytes]

Really this is a horrific story. The original article says the kid was too young to be traumatised by what happened.. I'm not at all sure that is true.

I hope that the little boy has some responsible and caring relatives who can look after him and raise him properly, whatever country that may be in.

[Loles]

This is terrible.

I'm almost sure when I see such as this case (kid's suffering) the god is not exist, but if does: is drunk or under heavy drug ....

[mcfish]

Only Thaivisa commenters could take such a tragic story and use it as a launching pad for charges of racism etc. Get over yourselves. A 5 year old boy just went through a horrific experience. Work through your personal issues somewhere else.

I was just thinking that! You guys thrashing out your personal issues here is disgraceful.

Poor kid will be scarred at his age. hope it doesn't do to much damage. It doesn't say how the father died, 36 is a bit young for health reasons.

[Kooweerup]

Yes, I second that, how? or perhaps a bit of a paranoia at play here?

Yep I,my with you how could the post be seen as racist

[Rimmer]

An inflammatory post has been removed along with quoted replies to it.

[JSixpack]

Terrible story, the poor little boy. I guess he and his father lived a quite life and pretty much kept to themselves. I hope English relatives come forward and offer the little guy a real chance in life.

Must have missed it somewhere! Where did it say the father was English? Racism is a funny thing: it's much closer to home than you think!

Funny how "English" has become a racist slur, kinda like "gook" or "nigger." We must avoid!

[sirchai]

A sad and tragic story...Rest In Peace mate, hope your son will get over it and the right people take care.

More than seven days and nobody missed him shows much about our society.

[monkey4u]

To all those who hope the kids British relatives can offer him a better home

FORGET IT

They will find it impossible to take a child under 17 out of Thailand to live

This is fact, a friend tried to take his Grandson to Aus after the kids parents died on a bike

He is the kids guardian but they must live here

Better they anti up some money for his education and living expenses in Thailand

[schondie]

Tragic, just tragic.

The poor little fella will take years to get over this, if ever.

[deecee10]

Terrible story, the poor little boy. I guess he and his father lived a quite life and pretty much kept to themselves. I hope English relatives come forward and offer the little guy a real chance in life.

Must have missed it somewhere! Where did it say the father was English? Racism is a funny thing: it's much closer to home than you think!

What a ludicrously infantile comment. Get the chip off your shoulder.

If every non- British person on the planet who happens to use the word English rather than British is to be accused of racism then there are probably tens of millions of culprits. It's a ridiculous conclusion to draw.

chooka, your sentiments are admirable. Sensitive, generous and with hope for the young boy's future.

[lucjoker]

So you think the child would have a better future in Thailand than in England? With a Thai mother and family who were not there for him?

What a ridiculous comment - how is that racism?

This is racism "pure sang " IF" the Thai mother left her "half blood" son ,because because he was mixed race.

If she left her son because of other reasons ,it is NOT racism .

I know a mother doing 10 years time in jail ,and that's the reason the child stays with the father ,

After a divorce the judge can give the child to the father (if the mother not seems fit)

So don't start immediately with that word "racism" that is to easy.

[kiwikoppy]

Funny how "English" has become a racist slur, kinda like "gook" or "nigger." We must avoid!

RIP to the Dad and hope the kid gets over this some day and gets a good life either by his mom or by the relatives of his dad.

As for the comments about Racism, I am sorry, but for most people outside the UK, you are all English, sorry if that hurts you, but just so much easier than to differentiate

And ps, since when is calling you by another country Racism? If it is, it happens to me on a weekly basis, people calling me American, German, Belgium, English!!!, etc etc etc...... sorry it just all just sounds funny to me, i actually think and hope the first posters was just making a joke