Is British teacher wanted over murder of colleague in Burma hiding out in Thailand?

[snoop1130]

Is British teacher wanted over murder of colleague in Burma hiding out in Thailand?

 

Harris Binotti. Image: Facebook

 

Police in Myanmar believe a 25 year old British man wanted in connection with the death of a colleague, also from Britain, could be hiding out in Thailand.

 

On Monday afternoon, officers revealed that Harris Binotti took a Thai Airways flight from Yangon International Airport to Suvarnabhumi on Nov 5.

 

However, AFP reported that police in Thailand have been unwilling to comment if the suspect remains in the country or visited in transit.

 

Officers also confirmed that Interpol have been asked to join the manhunt for Binotti, after his colleague Peter Gary Ferguson, 47, also from the UK was found with dead at Binotti’s apartment.

 

Police said that Binotti had not been seen since the pair had been drinking together in Rangoon on Saturday.

 

Mr Ferguson’s body was discovered on Sunday by his Thai wife, with whom he has a child, in the suspect’s apartment after he had failed to return home.

 

Peter Gary Ferguson. Image: Facebook

 

An officer in Rangoon told AFP they suspect Binotti carried out the attack.

 

“At the time they were together drinking. They were talking and fighting,” the officer said.

 

The two men had worked as English teachers at Horizon International School in Rangoon.

 

“We don’t know exactly what happened. They were together and they had been drinking and enjoying the night and after that he was found dead on Sunday morning.

 

“They were friends but they had been drinking. (Mr Binotti) is now missing and there is an investigation. We send our condolences to Mr Ferguson’s family”, spokesperson for the school told AFP.

 

A spokesperson for the Foreign Office confirmed the family of a British national is receiving support following a death in Rangoon.

 

A Facebook page belonging to Harris Binotti revealed he had also taught English in Cambodia.

 

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[Thaiwrath]

Probably.

[chuang]

If not thailand where else....

[catman20]

so easy to make big problems in ones life when drink is in involved. RIP

[brewsterbudgen]

If not thailand where else....

Maybe back in the UK?

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[roo860]

Does the UK have an extradition treaty with Myanmar,

[Katipo]

No comment because they don't know. If they had any idea whatsoever they'd be uncontrollably blabbing all over the media 

[JoePai]

Looks a bit of a <deleted>

[Grubster]

He won't make it far, unless he moves way up in the jungle with no access to internet.

[little mary sunshine]

Looks like a Psycho!!  What's with all the Brit thieves, murderers,

and trouble makers lately??  New bunch of Brit low-lives in Thailand?

[monkey4u]

Too cold back home   for them 

[F4UCorsair]

1 hour ago, little mary sunshine said:

Looks like a Psycho!!  What's with all the Brit thieves, murderers,

and trouble makers lately??  New bunch of Brit low-lives in Thailand?

 

 

I have to admit I have some difficulty with adults who pull faces, if that's what he's doing, for a pic.  It seems such an infantile thing to do.

[KBsinter]

I think his days are numbered,once a picture is out they nearly always get caught...............

[Briggsy]

This story is identical to the Cambodian labourers in Pattaya stories which crop up with regularity.

 

They start off as colleagues become friends, go on all-night drinking session, argue and one kills the other one.

 

If I were the Thai police I would start looking on the building sites, this Binotti guy might be trying to blend in with the Cambo labourers. But I know the police here are wondering how to make a buck out of these events.

[Khon Kaen Dave]

New Brit low lifes.I thought that everybody already believed, that Brit English teachers in Asia were all low lifes.

As for Brit lowlifes in general,ive seen many a foreign national,debasing,embarrassing,throwing up and pissing themselves over here,and they werent all Brits.

[JustNo]

3 hours ago, little mary sunshine said:

Looks like a Psycho!!  What's with all the Brit thieves, murderers,

and trouble makers lately??  New bunch of Brit low-lives in Thailand?

You only hear about the news that gets reported, which is a very small % of the entire goings within a country. The news, used in this way, is a tool 

[dunroaming]

The media reported he went to Bangkok.  From there he could have gone anywhere in the world

[SOTIRIOS]

....they will consider all angles...regarding what might affect tourism......???

[chickenslegs]

Binotti ? - Doesn't sound very British to me.

[Nam Mae Khong]

Hub of criminals on the run...

[mduras01]

Hmm, a lesson plan gone wrong [emoji848]


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[Briggsy]

The Binotti psycho is still on the loose in Thailand.

He may try to head for Cambodia where he worked for 3 months as a teacher.

He may be active on this forum, on this very thread!

[sanemax]

3 minutes ago, Briggsy said:

The Binotti psycho is still on the loose in Thailand.

He may try to head for Cambodia where he worked for 3 months as a teacher.

He may be active on this forum, on this very thread!

 

  No I'm not .

Could you please delete that false allegation ? 

[gregk0543]

Update on the funeral which I attended. Harris Binotti's facebook picture has been modified. Note to self make sure you have a good profile picture on facebook in case things go bad. Anyway information on Binottis whereabouts would be appreciated by the police and family of victim.

 

http://yangon.coconuts.co/2016/11/16/funeral-held-peter-gary-ferguson-british-teacher-who-was-killed-his-friend

 

 

[mduras01]

Stifler's hiding out in Thailand?


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[Rc2702]

Been following this but shocking that there is no pedigree info on this guy.

Height

Distinguishing features

 

Without such info he is sure to get lost.

 

Shaved head, prob got a tattoo if not before!

 

 

[roo860]

Been following this but shocking that there is no pedigree info on this guy.
Height
Distinguishing features
 
Without such info he is sure to get lost.
 
Shaved head, prob got a tattoo if not before!
 
 

Sex change?

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[Briggsy]

Yes, very strange.

 

Murder occurred in Burma. British national kills British national.

 

Thai police therefore not too bothered. (assuming Binotti is hiding out in Thailand).

 

The Thai cops will wait for the UK police to tell them where he is through their liaison. Thai police then will "swoop" in and have a massive self-congratulating, suspect-parading press conference which some serious top brass will turn up to.

 

Binotti did previously work teaching in Cambodia so he may have washed up there.

[Rc2702]

2 hours ago, Briggsy said:

Yes, very strange.

 

Murder occurred in Burma. British national kills British national.

 

Thai police therefore not too bothered. (assuming Binotti is hiding out in Thailand).

 

The Thai cops will wait for the UK police to tell them where he is through their liaison. Thai police then will "swoop" in and have a massive self-congratulating, suspect-parading press conference which some serious top brass will turn up to.

 

Binotti did previously work teaching in Cambodia so he may have washed up there.

I hear they set up a fund to catch him yet no "friends" of the victim are bothering to provide info on this chap. 

[dabhand]

Interpol red notice now issued for Binotti.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/14/interpol-issues-red-notice-for-scottish-teacher-harris-binotti-wanted-for-myanmar

Interpol has issued a red notice for a Scottish teacher wanted by police over the suspected murder of a colleague in Myanmar.

Harris Binotti, 26, fled the south-east Asian country in November last year, hours before Gary Ferguson was found dead.

Binotti, from Dumfries, has been at the centre of an international manhunt since Ferguson was found with fatal head and chest wounds five months ago.