50 year old manchester expat shot dead in thailand

[MOB MANNY]

Just read this artical on the manchester evening news website

 

A murder investigation is under way after a man believed to be from Manchester was shot dead in Thailand.

Stephen Phillips was on a motorcycle near the city of Khon Kaen when he was killed.

Friends in Thailand said Mr Phillips, who was in his late 50s, was a retired railway worker and a keen Manchester United fan.

He had lived in the city in north-eastern Thailand, for several years but had recently moved 30 miles away to a town called Ban Phai.

He was a regular at Number 1 Bar in Khon Kaen, which is a popular drinking spot for British ex-pats.

Foreign Office officials said they are working with the local Thai police and are assisting the dead man’s family.

A spokesman for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office said: "We can confirm the death of a British national in Thailand on August 24.

"We are in contact with the local authorities and are assisting the family."

One friend said on an internet forum for British ex-pats in Thailand that Mr Phillips was heading home on his motorbike when he was shot and killed.

He said: "Steve was one of my best friends in Khon Kaen. He lived in Khon Kaen for many years. He was a keen Manchester United fan.

"Quite recently, he left Khon Kaen to return to Ban Phai. The British Embassy are fully aware of Steve’s death."

Greater Manchester Police and the four coroners’ offices in Greater Manchester said they have not been informed of the man’s death. Mr Phillips is thought to have had a son and to have connections in the south west of England.

[Klongwater]

The bloke escapes from the gun capital of the north,then gets offed in a remote town in Asia.

 

Should be the other way round.

[BOP Farang]

RIP Steven

 

Thai Visa has further coverage also some local Thai news up North is posted.

[Arms]

Further news of this tragedy, it appears his wife may have had him killed

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2207024/Stephen-Phillips-Torquay-Devon-killed-Thailand-hitmen-wife-paid-using-money.html