Ex-Muay Thai champ arrested for ‘threatening to kill’ British man in Pattaya

[webfact]

Ex-Muay Thai champ arrested for ‘threatening to kill’ British man in Pattaya

By The Nation

 

 

PATTAYA: -- A former Muay Thai champion, once convicted for stabbing a Russian tourist, has been arrested after he allegedly threatened to kill a British man who refused to buy an imitation watch from him in Pattaya.

 

Phayu Sisaeng, 35, was arrested late Sunday night after David Bruce Cowperthwaite, 52, filed a complaint with Pattaya police at about 10pm on Sunday.

 

The Briton owns a sandwich shop in Pattaya and he was accompanied by one of his employees, Chanthana Nupaengtha, 39, in filing the complaint.

 

Chanthana, who works in the shop’s kitchen, told police Phayu came to the sandwich shop at about 11pm on Saturday and tried to sell the imitation watch to Cowperthwaite but the Brit refused and asked him to leave.

 

Chanthana alleged Phayu became angry and engaged in a fist fight with the shop owner before he left.

 

He alleged that after the shop was closed that night, Phayu returned and shouted outside the shop that he would kill the Briton. 

 

Chanthana alleged Phayu returned on Sunday evening and again threatened to kill the Briton, terrifying female staff at the shop.

 

Cowperthwaite file the complaint because he was concerned his frightened staff would quit their job.

 

Police found that Phayu was jailed after he stabbed the Russian tourist in 2015 when the tourist refused to buy a fake watch.

 

Phayu was the champion of Muay Thai Channel 7 in 1994. 

 

When he was arrested for this latest alleged offence, police found 14 fake watches in his possession.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/breakingnews/30320344

 

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[tukkytuktuk]

[Happy Grumpy]

45 minutes ago, webfact said:

Phayu was jailed after he stabbed the Russian tourist in 2015 when the tourist refused to buy a fake watch.

 

Time to give up the watch selling business and move into the taxi driving business. 

[Dobredin Ghusputin]

50 minutes ago, webfact said:

Phayu was the champion of Muay Thai Channel 7 in 1994. 

Another one for the Pattaya hall of fame.

 

[champers]

If he is 35 now he would have been 12 in 1994. Can he also be charged for lying about his age? 

[ezzra]

The man is clearly has an anger issues... wouldn't be surprise if one day, soon,

we will hear from this gentleman again, and not a good things...

[champers]

55 minutes ago, Happy Grumpy said:

 

Time to give up the watch selling business and move into the taxi driving business. 

He may find himself with a lot of time on his hands.

[thaiman]

Bad move on the British guy.  Making this thai guy lose face in the public limelight.  He should of handled this altercation underground.  The Thai will probable get his revenge on way or another.

[wedders]

Was there for the incident last night. He didn't approach because he didn't want to be on CCTV. However the whole incident was video'd 

 

The farang in question kept extremely cool despite both him and his customers being told we would die.

 

If he was indeed a Muay Thai champion - and he looked very fit and no more than 35 as the original article suggests - he may have returned last night because he lost face the night before by not KOing a 50 something farang.

[steven100]

Why doesn't he take up gemstones or jetski's  ....   it appears he's not selling too many watches .

[angsta]

No Thai would ever do this. 

[the guest]

So the foreigner is now a sitting duck, he will have to look over his shoulder for most of the time whilst in Thailand. 

[steelepulse]

So you stab someone and you can be out in less than 2 years?  That doesn't seem like a very heavy penalty for attempting to kill someone who doesn't want one of your <deleted> watches.

[Deez]

1 hour ago, thaiman said:

Bad move on the British guy.  Making this thai guy lose face in the public limelight.  He should of handled this altercation underground.  The Thai will probable get his revenge on way or another.

Agreed. Police will do nothing. Too scared themselves

[jimstar1]

Land of smiles

[franklnooner]

Land of crocodile smiles and knifes guns ect...

[helloagain]

1 hour ago, ezzra said:

The man is clearly has an anger issues... wouldn't be surprise if one day, soon,

we will hear from this gentleman again, and not a good things...

Theres a job waiting for him on koh tao

[dotpoom]

So....he was 12 years old when he was champion?

[InMyShadow]

Well loss of face 3 times is 2 times more than needed for a kill. Unfortunately the shop dudes days are numbered

[wedders]

10 minutes ago, Deez said:

Agreed. Police will do nothing. Too scared themselves

Not much choice but to call the police, he wasn't going away, he was threatening both the owner and customers with death, and one prospective customer who was about to go in decided against it and didn't return..

 

Muay Thai champ only did a runner when he saw the police approaching.

[catman20]

2 hours ago, Happy Grumpy said:

 

Time to give up the watch selling business and move into the taxi driving business. 

he would be better suited to a baht bus, he seems to have all the qualifying skills you need.

[Bassosa]

Good guys in, bad guys out

 

Oh wait..wrong topic

[mark01]

From personal experience, some (not all) of those fake watch sellers can be very agressive.

And some are definitely on something.

[monspencer]

Anybody know where the shop is? Would love a decent British sandwich. Can't stand the rubbish sold as sandwiches in places like 7-Eleven.

 

Before somebody says it, yes, of course I can certainly make my own...if I'm at home when I fancy one.

 

With any luck the Thai guy might get put away for longer this time as he has a record of violence.

[Rimmer]

An off topic rant has been removed

[richard_smith237]

1 hour ago, steelepulse said:

So you stab someone and you can be out in less than 2 years?  That doesn't seem like a very heavy penalty for attempting to kill someone who doesn't want one of your <deleted> watches.

 

While at Uni in the UK a friend was stabbed in the stomach (in an unprovoked attack). The guy who stabbed him served 6 months of a 12 month sentence, it was his second offense. 

 

It seems penalties everywhere for such a heinous crime (which is ultimately attempted murder) are very weak. 

 

 

[soistalker]

Is this the guy who stabbed the tourist, then got a 500 baht fine, and no jail time a few years ago?

[sammieuk1]

Wonder if he gives refunds and guarantees if your not totally happy with your purchase. 

[spidermike007]

2 hours ago, thaiman said:

Bad move on the British guy.  Making this thai guy lose face in the public limelight.  He should of handled this altercation underground.  The Thai will probable get his revenge on way or another.

 

Just try to imagine what it would be like, to live you life every moment of every day, being hyper concerned about what other people think of you, how you project yourself to complete strangers, and the potential embarrassment of it all? What an extraordinary waste of time and energy. How low does your self esteem have to be, to be so concerned about what others think of you?

 

Face is no doubt, the greatest form of weakness, a human can engage in. Many will say it is societal, cultural, etc. No matter. It is the absolute and complete lack of the ability to introspect, and look within for the source of any problem, shortcoming, conflict, or issue. It is the polar opposite of spirituality, and therefore an absolute scourge on Buddha, and all of the precepts he taught. By practicing face, you are denying your spiritual heritage. You are refusing to man up. To take responsibility for your actions. If a man or a woman cannot, and will not take responsibility for their actions, the problems they create, the mistakes they make, and the issues they involve themselves in, what are they? Are they still an adult? Are they a complete individual, if they allow themselves to be limited by such infinitely small social convention? 

[JustNo]

1 hour ago, the guest said:

So the foreigner is now a sitting duck, he will have to look over his shoulder for most of the time whilst in Thailand. 

That's what I was thinking, this was a bad move on his part. Either he doesn't know how this country works after living here for x amount of years, somehow, or he's brave and or stupid