News Forum - Police investigate death of British man found in Pattaya canal

[Thaiger]

Thai police are investigating the mysterious death of a British expat found dead yesterday morning face down in the Najomtien drainage canal in Pattaya. Richard Wayne Moorcroft is believed to have slipped when out jogging, banged his head, knocked himself unconscious, and slid into the canal. The 63 year old was dressed in jogging clothing when he was found at 7am yesterday. Police and paramedics arrived to pull the former Rolls Royce grinding operator from Derby out of the water and he was pronounced dead at the scene. A local food vendor, Boonpluak Saengkaew, said she knew Moorcroft well and […]

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[ExpatPattaya]

RIP  and condolences.

Strange circumstances, hope it was just a freak accident. Have not thought about running or jogging for a decade.  My knees, ankles, and hip joints just cannot take that pressure anymore (am 64)

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RIP. If he fell hard enough to hit his head and knock himself out that would be a big bump or abrasion on his head. If not there was obviously some other cause of death. Was he vaccinated? SAD happening all over the world.

[PapayaBokBok]

if the balconies dont get ya--the drainage canals await......RIP mate

[Faraday]

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[cowslip]

On 7/19/2022 at 4:37 AM, ExpatPattaya said:

Strange circumstances, hope it was just a freak accident

Really? Or would you prefer some kind of conspiracy?

[DesperateOldHand]

31 minutes ago, Khunwilko said:

Really? Or would you prefer some kind of conspiracy?

I might mark it up as promoting the importance of a random stranger Farang being newsworthy....

[cowslip]

5 hours ago, DesperateOldHand said:

I might mark it up as promoting the importance of a random stranger Farang being newsworthy....

If you try and get statistics about deaths of foreigners in Thailand, you'll find it's an uphill task. firstly people like to categorise foreigners, by nationality, job, stats, income etc.

then there seems to be little or no recording of any relevant stats anyway. For instance in hospitals, road accidents or domestic accident or criminal events.

The highest numbers of foreigners in the country may be Burmese, Cambodian or even Malaysian or Chinese. Digging up information about WASPS on holiday or Lon-term visas is going to be fraught with problems.