Mystery of British man's death in Thailand hotel

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Mystery of dad's death in Thailand hotel
by Charles Graham


Peter Nicholson

MANCHESTER: -- AN INVESTIGATION has been launched after the sudden death of a young Wigan dad in a Far East hotel.

Peter Nicholson was found collapsed in his hotel room while holidaying in Thailand.

"We were informed of the death of a British national in Thailand on June 1 and we stand ready to provide consular assistance"
Foreign Office spokesman

Details are sketchy at this stage but it is thought that the Beech Hill man’s death is not suspicious.

The 29-year-old is understood only to have flown out to Bangkok on Saturday with friends.

And it is they who called for staff when they knocked on his hotel room door in the morning and could not get an answer.

Grieving family and friends yesterday gathered at the Prince of Wales pub in Springfield, where his mum Irene lives, to toast Mr Nicholson’s memory and also discuss repatriation details.

However when approached they said they were too shocked and distressed to speak publicly about him at the moment.

Word broke of the tragedy on social media early yesterday.

One neighbour, who did not wish to be identified, said: “This has come as a terrible shock. Peter was a lovely guy who had everything to live for.”

Full story: http://www.wigantoday.net/news/local/mystery-of-dad-s-death-in-thailand-hotel-1-7288535

-- WiganToday 2015-06-02

[uty6543]

A 29 year olds (with no known illnesses) death is always suspicious until after the autopsy. IMHO

[clockman]

Too many farang deaths in Thailand! I would like to see the figures concerning deaths in the rest of ASEAN?

[thesetat2013]

A 29 year olds (with no known illnesses) death is always suspicious until after the autopsy. IMHO

Not in Thailand! It would be thought of as a suicide instead of thinking it was suspicious.

[dick turpin]

DVT?

[kkup]

29 year old dies in hotel, definitely not suspicious. Clap clap

[Briggsy]

I wonder if the hotel had recently sprayed for bed bugs.

[hzarry]

It could be a lungfull of that banned bedbug killer that killed the two Canadian girls down Koh Samui way?

[DejanD]

Its so scary how many people die here, YOUNG people, and that is all caused by "natural" death.

[flyingdoc]

R.I.P.

[BlackJack]

Thai Law

must be an autopsy so wait

[Lupatria]

...the Beech Hill man’s death is not suspicious.

I would not call that a mystery anymore regarding police investigations of deaths of foreigners in Thailand.

[stephenterry]

DVT?

Yes, a possibility. Although the DVT itself is not life threatening unless the clot breaks off and is carried into the lungs, when a pulmonary thrombosis could occur. Being overweight at any age, remaining sedentary, and suffering dehydration on the flight could cause this. A proper PM should discover this, if it happened.

Thirteen years ago, I suffered a DVT. I was lucky. The venous clot (restricting the blood flow in my right leg from the calf to the thigh) was eventually dissolved and a passage of new veins carried the blood flow. I still take Warfarin, though.

[tracker1]

the Beech Hill man’s death is not suspicious. Aren't they always

[Ulic]

Lots of possibilities as have been mentioned above, all unusual and low probability for such

a young man. The real question is weather an autopsy/investigation will lead to an answer.

RIP

[bananafish]

If a 29 year old was found dead inside his own locked hotel room anywhere in the world, there was no sign of struggle or forced entry, criminal activity would not be suspected, and I take from 'not suspicious' that this is what they mean.

Edited June 2, 2015 by bananafish

[SOUTHERNSTAR]

Too many farang deaths in Thailand! I would like to see the figures concerning deaths in the rest of ASEAN?

Here is an article and Thailand doesn't make the top 10 (Israel and Russia does). http://www.telegraphtoday.com/top-10-most-dangerous-countries-to-visit/

Take it this way if Thailand wants to equal the US murder rate of +- 4,5 per 100 000 people, then there must be 1170 tourists murdered in Thailand each year (26 mil / 100 000 x 4,5 = 1170). Thats 3,2 tourists per day on average, in my view the figure doesnt get close to that. Which means you are less likely to be murdered in Thailand as a tourist than living in the US as a citizen.

[raphoedon]

RIP young man.

[Bluespunk]

Too many farang deaths in Thailand! I would like to see the figures concerning deaths in the rest of ASEAN?

Here is an article and Thailand doesn't make the top 10 (Israel and Russia does). http://www.telegraphtoday.com/top-10-most-dangerous-countries-to-visit/

Take it this way if Thailand wants to equal the US murder rate of +- 4,5 per 100 000 people, then there must be 1170 tourists murdered in Thailand each year (26 mil / 100 000 x 4,5 = 1170). Thats 3,2 tourists per day on average, in my view the figure doesnt get close to that. Which means you are less likely to be murdered in Thailand as a tourist than living in the US as a citizen.

That stat/calculation theory only applies to citizens of a country.

How many Thais are murdered on average each day per 100,000 in Thailand would be the comparative figures for your maths stats there.

The comparison would be with how many Thais tourists die on holiday in the UK [or USA if you prefer} to match this story.

Edited June 2, 2015 by Bluespunk

[enufsaid]

As others have said, it could've been PE which can go to the brain or it could've been 100 other ghings, but TV posters are right, there's an awful lot of falangs dying over there. Don't think even all of Europe has that many.

[Jiggo]

Worried...Who's next.......

RIP Young man

[Nemesis7]

29 years...too early to go.

RIP

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[Emster23]

According to World Bank stats, intentional homicide rate is same for USA and Thailand. I would imagine USA is better at keeping actual stats than Thailand (call that a bias if you will), so I would guess actual rate higher here in LOS. http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/VC.IHR.PSRC.P5

I would also point out that tourists usually don't (and can't) stay for a year.. perhaps 2-3 weeks? That would seem to lessen odds of getting killed statistically. A million people in a place for a year is far different than a million for two weeks.

Would be nice if countries had option of "Thanks, but we think we'll take care of autopsy in UK".... there was that whole issue of contamination and destruction of evidence after Thailand performed autopsy on Koh Tao victims.

Do I trust Thai police, justice and government? About as far as I can throw them, and I can't throw as far as when I was young.

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[Beetlejuice]

If you guy has a wife and child in England, why was he in Thailand?

[robertthebruce]

I have never lived in a country with so many Deaths...... Which just seem to happen ????

[MeMock]

"Not suspicious" is code in Western Media for suicide.

[Jip99]

If you guy has a wife and child in England, why was he in Thailand?

Hmmm, I wonder.

RIP to the young man.

[phantomfiddler]

For anyone to say that there is nothing suspicious about the unexplained death of a 29 year old farang is surely stretching the bounds of reason !!