Kiwi killed by Swede in Pattaya bar

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A New Zealand man was stabbed to death by a Swedish man in a bar in Pattaya during a quarrel about the suspect's girl friend and pet dog, reports said on Tuesday.

Police said they received a report about 2am Tuesday that a foreigner had been killed in a bar.

Robert E Hollick, 43, from New Zealand was stabbed three times at his neck and back. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Police arrested and charged a Swedish man, Andreas Ringvall, 40, with murdering Hollick.

Mr Ringvall and his girlfriend, Dao Pholutsa, 26, were captured by local people after the stabbing and were handed over to police.

Mr Ringvall's girlfriend told police that Hollick started the fight. She said they tried to back off but Hollick continued to attack her boyfriend so he had to fight back.

Witnesses, however, told police a different story. They said Mr Ringvall had started a quarrel with Hollick after Ms Dao played with Hollick's pet dog inside the bar.

Mr Ringvall sent his girlfriend back to his room, then he returned to the bar and attacked Hollick with a knife, witnesses said.

Police were investigating.

The New Zealand news website stuff.co.nz reported that Hollick was the founder and owner of a recruitment company, Top Dog Personnel, in Perth, Australia. It specialises in finding earth moving workers for West Australia's mining and civil construction industries.

Hollick was semi-retired and had been living in Pattaya for some time, the stuff report said.

Source: BKK Post

[JimmyGreaves]

Some crazy bastards about!

[pharvey]

Some crazy bastards about!

And tend to be in the likes of Pattaya or Phuket....... and bl**dy westerners.

[Spitfire]

Man.....get knifed to death by some psycho because his bird plays with your dog in a pub.

Pattaya, Phuket etc really are some of the worst garbage collection points for the foreign (and a fair bit of Thai) sewerage.

[Takiap]

Man.....get knifed to death by some psycho because his bird plays with your dog in a pub.

Pattaya, Phuket etc really are some of the worst garbage collection points for the foreign (and a fair bit of Thai) sewerage.

Yes, a taxi driver was very nearly shot by a very drunk policeman while my wife and I were in the car. Fortunately I think the sight of a westerner in the car put him off and he put his gun away and stumbled back to his bike. The missus was really rattled, and vowed never to visit Phuket again.