Long-time British resident of Phuket commits suicide

[Thaivisa News]

Phuket:- A 58-year-old Briton, who was a long-time resident of Phuket, was found death at his villa in Phuket’s Thalang district Saturday morning.

Pol Lt Jirasak Sangwisut, an interrogator of Tambon Choengthalay police station in Thalang, said a worker found Stephen Paine hung with a black water hose tied to a beam of a pavilion in his villa’s compound.

Jirasak said police was alerted of the death at 10:20 am. When police arrived at the villa, his body was already taken off the hose by workers to lie on the ground.

Jirasak said a worker found the body late in the morning and alerted other workers to help bring him down but he was already dead.

Police did not find any trace of fighting at the scene.

His wife told police that Paine came out to have a walk alone after dinner with her Friday evening.

Jirasak said Paine used to own the Surin High Villa project and he had sold all the units, keeping only the one he was staying with this wife.

Paine was also developing another village project near Mai Khao Beach in Tambon Mai Khao of Thalang but his project had run into certain difficulties, Jirasak said.

Police was also informed that Paine earlier receive a phone call from his family in England, telling him that his brother had a road accident and his legs needed to be amputated.

Jirasak said when police arrived at the scene, Paine had died by between six to eight hours. His body was sent to the Thalang Hospital for an autopsy.

JIrasak said police believe Paine committed suicide but police would consider other possibilities.

[JetsetBkk]

Very sad. RIP Mr. Paine.

[ColdSingha]

RIP

Edited February 21, 2015 by ColdSingha

[RustBucket]

His wife does not find anything suspicious that he went for a walk after dinner and never returned, and she was equally not worried that he was not there the next morning and it took a worker to find him late in the morning????

Then she seems to hand the police a string of reasons to justify suicide????

I do not trust anything about these incidents.

Who is going to benefit from his death????

[IamNoone88]

Stephen was a good guy. Intelligent, a fast and brilliant mind, a quick sense of humour and very friendly. I cannot comprehend this loss. RIP my friend. Strength to his family.