Pensioners pursue victims wife

[TBWG]

Brit pensioners start murder fund in Thailand

British pensioners in Thailand have started a murder fund after a court released a Thai wife who allegedly commissioned the death of her London husband and then began to milk his bank accounts.

In Hua Hin, 200 miles south west of Bangkok, pensioners Peter Rees, 71, and David Williams, 65, have put £11,000 into a fighting fund and today began a series of court actions on behalf of their murdered friend 68-yr-old Raymond Hind and his 30-yr-old daughter, Zoe.

Raymond Hind, from Cheshunt, a former garage proprietor in Enfield Highway, was clubbed and stabbed to death at his home in Hua Hin last May. Two months previously he had been attacked in his home and he had taken to keeping a shotgun in his bedroom.

He had throat cancer and restrictions to his arteries and friends said his time was limited anyway.

Rees and Williams, who have retired to Hua Hin, initiated a private murder prosecution at the provincial court in Prachuap Kiri Khan against Raymond’s wife, Bunnag, known as ‘Fon’, 38, her brother, and her boyfriend, after Thai police failed to establish a legal case. They have also made moves to freeze his assets on behalf of his daughter. [more...]

Full story:
http://www.andrew-drummond.com/2011/01/20/brit-pensioners-start-murder-fund-in-thailand/

-- ANDREW-DRUMMOND.COM 2011-01-20

[Really?]

Very commendable but what do they expect to achieve?

The police have already said no case. Susspect there is more than 11000 pounds on the other side of the story.

[Admin]

Very commendable but what do they expect to achieve?

The police have already said no case. Susspect there is more than 11000 pounds on the other side of the story.

I doubt if they will success to prove all claims.

[isanbirder]

At least they had the guts to do something about it, a bit better than the usual shrug of the shoulders and a "Well, this is Thailand!"

[boloa]

And what have the UK Embassy or Government said or done  ........Sweet FA

[Dave the Dude]

No suprise there then. They are now a moneymaking business and are not there to help citizens anymore

[isanbirder]

No suprise there then. They are now a moneymaking business and are not there to help citizens anymore

And don't I know it!  I'm just in process of getting a new passport... and the payment has to be made by a draft which cannot be bought in Buriram.  The nearest is Korat (I got it done by a friend in Chiangmai, where the banks are  larger).

[redrover]

Where was it ever been understood that diplomatic missions were to be familial extensions to there respected citizenry?