Artikel erschien November 2013

  • Doctor: American snorkeller fatality in Similans a heart attack, not a drowning

    Doctor: American snorkeller fatality in Similans a heart attack, not a drowning

    PHUKET: A 78-year-old American snorkeler died from a heart attack in the Similan Island National Park on Tuesday, a doctor at Thai Muang Hospital confirmed to the Phuket Gazette yesterday.

  • As Provincial Hall falls silent, Phuket Governor works on

    As Provincial Hall falls silent, Phuket Governor works on

    PHUKET: Governor Maitri Inthusut assured the public yesterday that everything is “business as usual”, despite the closure of Phuket Provincial Hall by protesters on Wednesday. Governor Maitri explained that he was continuing his work outside the office. “The main gate is closed and Provincial Hall is silent, just as the protesters requested, but I am still doing my job.

  • Phuket murder convict Lee Aldhouse happy to serve jail in Thailand

    Phuket murder convict Lee Aldhouse happy to serve jail in Thailand

    PHUKET: British national Lee Aldhouse, sentenced today to 25 years in jail for the murder of American Marine Dashawn Longfellow in Phuket in 2010, is happy to serve his jail term in Thailand, the Phuket Gazette was told today. The Phuket Provincial Court sentenced Aldhouse, known in Muay Thai kickboxing arenas as the “Pitbull”, to 25 years’ imprisonment for the stabbing murder at 11am today (story

  • Phuket murder convict Lee Aldhouse happy to serve jail time in Thailand

    Phuket murder convict Lee Aldhouse happy to serve jail time in Thailand

    PHUKET: British national Lee Aldhouse, sentenced today to 25 years in jail for the murder of American Marine Dashawn Longfellow in Phuket in 2010, is happy to serve his jail term in Thailand, the Phuket Gazette was told today. The Phuket Provincial Court sentenced Aldhouse, known in Muay Thai kickboxing arenas as the “Pitbull”, to 25 years’ imprisonment for the stabbing murder at 11am today (story

  • Phuket Honorary Consul reports violent abuse, intimidation by taxi drivers

    Phuket Honorary Consul reports violent abuse, intimidation by taxi drivers

    PHUKET: The Honorary Consul of Ireland this week revealed to the Phuket Governor how she was threatened and intimidated at a resort in Rawai, where taxi drivers refused to let her leave after picking up a friend and her children. The news came at Governor Maitri Inthusut’s quarterly meeting with Phuket’s honorary consuls at Phuket Provincial Hall on Tuesday. “I went to pick my friend and her children, but the taxi drivers in front of the resort did not allow us to leave,” Honorary Consul Helene Fallon-Wood told Governor Maitri.

  • Phuket throat slasher arrested in Patong

    Phuket throat slasher arrested in Patong

    PHUKET: Police have arrested one man for the murder of Phuket construction worker Than Zaw, 24, a Myanmar national whose body was found dumped in a pond near the Patong Municipality offices on Sunday. Mr Than’s throat had been slashed and his torso had been stabbed at least 17 times (story

  • Stoney Monday founder faces trial in Phuket for B80mn fraud

    Stoney Monday founder faces trial in Phuket for B80mn fraud

    PHUKET: The Australian who formerly ran the Stoney Monday Oasis Hotel in Patong has been arrested in Krabi and brought back to Phuket to face trial for embezzlement and six counts of fraud. The alleged damages total more than 80 million baht

  • Swedish tourist drowns at popular Phuket beach

    Swedish tourist drowns at popular Phuket beach

    PHUKET: Big Phuket waves at Karon Beach claimed another tourist’s life yesterday afternoon. Swedish national Ann Gorli Teres Fjellner, 59, was knocked over and dragged out by heavy waves at about 9:30am, Karon Police Deputy Superintendent Pachai Matthayan told the Phuket Gazette. “Lifeguards saw the waves pull her out, but when they went to save her, she was already missing in the water.

  • Victim’s sister laments 25-year sentence for Aldhouse Phuket murder

    Victim’s sister laments 25-year sentence for Aldhouse Phuket murder

    PHUKET: The sister of American Marine Dashawn Longfellow today lamented the 25-year jail term handed down to her brother’s killer, British national Lee Aldhouse, saying that the sentence was not long enough.

  • Brit kickboxer ‘Pitbull’ Aldhouse handed 25 years for Phuket murder

    Brit kickboxer ‘Pitbull’ Aldhouse handed 25 years for Phuket murder

    PHUKET: British national Lee Aldhouse today was sentenced to 25 years’ imprisonment for the stabbing murder of American Marine Dashawn Longfellow following a bar fight in Phuket in 2010. The sentence was handed down at Phuket Provincial Court this morning