A British father allegedly killed a Russian pedophile with a single punch for propositioning his underage daughter in Thailand this weekend.
The 35-year-old Briton was attending a party at a pool villa with his daughter, 15, when a Russian man, 36, reportedly began flirting with her in Pattaya in the early hours of 27 May.
The drunk Russian is said to have whispered to the teenager that he wanted to have sex with her, enraging the British father who punched him in the face and caused him to fall headlong to the ground.
Police Captain Parnsarn Krongsit of the Pattaya City Police Station said police officers received a report at 3:16 a.m. and rushed to the scene with medics where they found four foreign men and two women, including the unconscious Russian lying in the ground with blood pooling around it. his head.
He was rushed to a branch of Bangkok Hospital in Pattaya, but died shortly after from his injuries.
Police Lieutenant Colonel Nawin Thirawit, superintendent of Pattaya City Police Station, said: ‘The Pattaya Provincial Court has issued an arrest warrant for the British man. He is wanted for assaulting another person resulting in death.’
Paramedics try to revive the Russian who hit his head on the tiled floor
The British man appears detained with the Thai police.
An ambulance is seen waiting outside the scene of the attack.
The father, reportedly originally from Wales, was arrested on Monday afternoon at his home in the Sattahip district, about 16 kilometers from the pool villa.
He told police: “I didn’t think my punch would cause the man’s death.” I regret my actions.’
Meanwhile, his Thai wife, 28, said she also attended the party but left early to go to work.
Around 3 a.m., she claimed to have received a text message from her husband telling her he wanted to go home.
She said: ‘I came back to the villa and found him walking down the street so I took him inside.
“When I asked him what happened, he told me that while they were drinking, the Russian began to sexually harass our daughter, even though his own wife was also present at the party.
‘The harassment escalated until the man finally propositioned our daughter. This angered my husband, so he punched him and knocked him unconscious.
Thai police are seen at the scene of the attack.
Pattaya emerged as a nightlife destination in the 1960s, when Thailand fought alongside the United States and provided land for eight military bases.
An acquaintance of the deceased Russian said the two men met for the first time at the party.
She said: ‘They were drinking together normally until a fight broke out. She didn’t know what nationality the man was, but she punched him (the Russian man), who hit his head on the ground.
“I was very surprised because there was a lot of blood.”
Police detained the British attacker and took him to the Pattaya police station to face legal charges.
The shocking incident comes just days after two British tourists were brutally beaten by a trio of angry bouncers outside a bar in Pattaya last week after a disagreement over the bill caused tensions to boil over and lead to a fight in the street.
The Brits had been drinking alongside several companions on the famous Soi 6 road in the red city of Pattaya on Friday night when they allegedly began arguing over the bill with staff.
They claimed the bar had tried to scam them by inflating the receipt, and three security guards intervened when the tourists began directing their anger at the waitress.
After a few minutes of pushing and shoving, a wild fight broke out as the guards broke out and attacked two of the men, one in a gray shirt and one in a white shirt, dragging them to the street and knocking them both to the ground.
The guards were seen kicking the legs and chest of the man in white, before another bouncer came running from the side and hit him on the head with a full force kick, immediately knocking him unconscious.
He was seen lying motionless for minutes after the brutal blow, and onlookers were unable to revive him.
The tourists claimed the bar had tried to scam them by inflating the bill, and three security guards intervened when the man in the white T-shirt began swearing at the waitress.
After a few minutes of pushing and shoving, a brutal fight broke out and spilled into the street.
The man in white was pushed to the ground, where the bouncers began to beat him.
A goalkeeper throws a roundhouse kick at the tourist sitting on the cement.
The guards ran to kick the man in white, kicking him in the legs and stomach before one of the guards dealt him the final blow.
Moments later the man is seen lying motionless on the ground after being hit on the side of the head.
The condition of the victim is unknown and police yesterday refused to give details about the alleged victim as they struggled to protect the image of the city, which depends on tourism.
Footage from another angle showed how his grey-shirted compatriot was also briefly knocked unconscious by another goalkeeper, who kicked him in the jaw as he tried to get up after being knocked to the ground.
That bouncer can be seen walking away with a bloody nose.
Speaking today, Senior Sergeant Arthon of the Pattaya City Police Station said the three security guards have since been warned about their conduct, but have not been arrested or charged.
He said: ‘The tourist attacked in the video has not filed a police report, so we cannot assign an investigating officer. There is no case open until they complain. We’ve looked around but can’t find them.
‘Yes, we are still checking the security cameras to see what happened to them. There are rumors that she is in intensive care, but we haven’t heard anything from the hospitals.’
One of the sex workers at the bar where the incident took place said the group of three men argued over the drinks bill, which amounted to around 2.8000 baht (£60).
The bar hostess, Samorn, 38, said the three men had paid two companions to drink with them.
She said: ‘Two of the tourists had paid their bills, but another had not and changed seats several times.
‘I asked them to pay the bill, but the white-shirted tourist argued that he had already paid. I explained to him that the money he was asking for was payment from someone he had not paid and not his own bill.
“They insulted me and said the bar was trying to scam them, so I called security and told them the tourist wouldn’t pay his bill.”
CCTV shows how the bills were paid, but the tourist in a white T-shirt pushed a security guard and the fight escalated.
Two of the men, one in a gray shirt and the other in a white shirt, fell to the ground.
The other man in the gray shirt was grabbed and hit in the head several times.
A lady from the bar tries to intervene and calm the security guard who is trying to attack the man in gray.
Footage from another angle showed how his grey-shirted compatriot was also briefly knocked unconscious by another goalkeeper, who kicked him in the jaw as he tried to get up after being knocked to the ground.
The second tourist is seen coming to after being attacked.
Police Colonel Nawin Thirawit, superintendent of Pattaya police station, said today that the bouncers’ actions had tarnished Pattaya’s image.
They were invited to the police station and apologized for “damaging the image of the country.”
The police officer said: ‘The security guards should have prevented the incident and reported it to the police.
‘Anyone working in this industry needs to control their emotions and focus on preventing incidents rather than attacking people.
“Cases like this can damage the city’s reputation and deter tourists from visiting.”
Helicopter Bar, which is believed to have British owners, did not respond to requests for comment. Several other bars on the same street are also owned and managed by the Nightwish Group company.
Pattaya emerged as a nightlife destination in the 1960s, when Thailand fought alongside the United States and provided land for eight military bases.
It has since become a sprawling red-light district city that attracts tourists and hedonists from all over the world, but is particularly popular with the British.
