Manhunt in Thailand for British boxer

[Khundon1975]

Well, if it is as STEVE G suggests, then I don't need my eyes tested, again!

Yes, that ping brings back memories, I can almost smell those lethal hot dogs turning on the rolling spit, despite the heating elements being off and the salmonella and other pathogens multiplying by the millions within the sausage skins, just waiting for the unsuspecting tourist to buy one.

Ah, halcyon days.

The girl that follows Lee into the shop and follows him out, then tries to get hold of of his arm, seems to know, or at least talk to, the two people sitting outside the shop as she runs past them!

Are they implicated in any way, or are they just innocent bystanders?

Maybe she was asking for their help in stopping Lee, if so, did she know that he planned to get a knife and what he was going to do with it?

Just my butterfly mind working, sorry.

[caller]

They were named on another forum as being from the bar where the fight took place.

[BaaBaa.]

So why would someone be filming the CCTV screens just at the time Lee happened to be there - and clearly causing a disturbance? (Two staff are seen going outside of the shop to watch what was going on.)
Unless they have been very astute and quick off the mark - knowing that there was going to be big trouble and a possible story - why bother? The 7Eleven tapes would have taken care of any incident in the shop... Seems strange.

It's just some reporters recording the screen when they are watching the master tape in the back of the 7 eleven. The incident has already happened, they are there to specifically see that footage.

[charlesh]

Brain dead f/wit - rot in a Thai gaol!

[BaaBaa.]

Fugitive murder suspect Lee Aldhouse, now in custody in UK.

PHUKET: -- Fugitive murder suspect Lee Aldhouse has been detained by airport authorities while trying to enter the UK, the Gazette has learned.

Lt Col Anukul Nuket, investigating officer in the case, confirmed that Chalong Police received the news from British officials yesterday.

Chalong Police are now compiling evidence to try and have Mr Aldhouse extradited to Thailand to be charged for the stabbing murder of 23-year-old American Dashawn Longfellow in Rawai on August 14.

Mr Aldhouse, 28, was the target of an international manhunt for almost two weeks, after he allegedly followed the American home and stabbed him after the two engaged in a bar fight in Rawai.

Chalong Police will pass all evidence in the case to the Phuket provincial public prosecutor, who is expected to file an extradition request with the British Embassy in Bangkok as soon as possible.

The embassy will then liaise with Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he added.

Forensics Police have confirmed that the knife found at the scene was the murder weapon and a report from Vachira Hospital Phuket has confirmed that Mr Longfellow died from the knife wound, Lt Col Anukul said.

More damning evidence is available in the form of CCTV footage of a man closely resembling Mr Aldhouse entering a nearby 7-Eleven convenience store just before the time of the murder and ordering terrified staff to give him knives.

All evidence required for the initial extradition application is expected to be compiled today, Lt Col Anukul said.

Chalong Police hope to have the suspect back in Phuket within a week to be formally indicted, he added.

[mabubba]

Wow, can't believe he tried to come back to the UK...

[PeteC]

Doesn't the UK have a policy not to extradite if there is the chance of the death penalty? If so, he'll have to plead guilty in which case the Thai court would give him life. If he fights the charges, the death penalty here is a possibility. This may be a case where he'll know his sentence before he even leaves UK shores. Pete

[STEVE G]

Good; stick him in a Thai jail for about thirty years!

[sandman67]

Im more interested in how he got back to the UK.

[kendo]

Sandman in your opinion how do you recon he done it, maybe slipped into Malasia perchased a hooky passport.

Kendo.

P.s first beers on me in january

[STEVE G]

According to this Phuket news-site, he crossed into Cambodia at Khlong Yai where there is apparently no connection to the Immigration offices computer database:
http://phuketwan.com/tourism/phuket-man ... ort-12899/

[margaretcarnes]

According to this Phuket news-site, he crossed into Cambodia at Khlong Yai where there is apparently no connection to the Immigration offices computer database:
http://phuketwan.com/tourism/phuket-man ... ort-12899/

Easy peasy for someone who knows Thailand as he will. Yet again Amazing Thailand has 'lost' one - maybe to save themselves the hassle of having to catch and then go to court etc. After all - he allegedly killed another farang - why would Thais bother too much?
Presumably he entered the UK on his genuine passport and thankfully is now banged up here. Where he will no doubt fight extradition and succeed - health grounds would be my bet.
Amazing how we can let the Lockerbie bomber go free on the very same grounds.

[PET]

fight extradition and succeed - health grounds would be my bet.
Amazing how we can let the Lockerbie bomber go free on the very same grounds.

As we do not know anything about his extradition, or if it happens what his intentions are, I do not think it is either sensible or reasonable to compare this with Lockerbie at this point in time.

[caller]

As for the death penalty, the UK usually seeks assurances that won't be applied as part of the extradition deal. But yes, I'm sure an argument will be put forward about HRA and conditions in Thai jails and even about the legal system in LOS.

I'm not saying two wrongs make a right, but we have alleged mass murderers from Africa (Rwanda) seeking asylum here, who entered the UK illegally (who doesn't?) and the Govt. won't/can't return them for pretty much the same reasons, oh and they're safety can't be guaranteed!

I'm sure this guy will be sent back to Thailand and rightly so, but its all a bit perverse.

[STEVE G]

Perhaps they could send him to the US instead; I'm sure they would happily lock him up for quite a while.