Phuket Manhunt for Expat Killer: Englishman Knifes American to Death

Phuket Manhunt for Expat Killer: Englishman Knifes American to Death - Phuket Wan

Phuket Manhunt for Expat Killer: Englishman Knifes American to Death

By Chutima Sidasathian and Sert Tongdee
Saturday, August 14, 2010

AN ENGLISHMAN and an American disagreed at a resort on Phuket early today - and the Englishman stabbed the American to death. A manhunt is now being conducted on the tropical holiday island for the killer, who is on the run and possibly dangerous.

Police named the dead American man today as Dashrawn Longfellow, 23. Officers say they know the English suspect only as ''Mr Lee.''

In the first accounts of what took place, officers say the two men, both muay Thai kickboxing exponents, met for the first time when they both went to the toilet at the Freedom Bar, a well-known haunt for expats in Rawai, the southern beach resort.

In the toilet, police say other patrons in the bar told them, the American bragged about his strength, without knowing that the Englishman was also a muay Thai exponent.

The two engaged in a drunken fight and the American won. Police said that about 4.30am, the American left the bar and rode his motorcycle to the Ya Nui Resort, in a quiet part of the island.

About 5am, police believe, the Englishman caught up with the American at the resort and stabbed the American twice.

Police across the whole of Phuket are hunting the Englishman. Phuket International Airport and the Tachatchai checkpoint before the only road exit off Phuket were said to be under tight security. Checks are also likely to be made of vessels leaving Phuket by sea.

Another expat American, former US Navy officer Ronald Fanelli, faces a murder charge over the killing of a Phuket bar hostess earlier this year. He has admitted to stabbing her twice and stuffing her naked body into a travel bag that he dumped by an isolated roadway.

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In the toilet, police say other patrons in the bar told them, the American bragged about his strength, without knowing that the Englishman was also a muay Thai exponent

Muay Thai, or cockfighting?

These guys are under 25 and they are killing each other. They are losers. These kind of guys think they are in a movie.

This happens every night in Vancouver Canada where I am from but its usually about women.

I come to Thailand to get away from this kind of BS.

Unfortunately idiots like these are coming over here in their droves to learn "muay Thai". Most of them on the 'roids too.

Real hard men shit 'em.

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The two engaged in a drunken fight and the American won.

Fair and square

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About 5am, police believe, the Englishman caught up with the American at the resort and stabbed the American twice.

Sore loser

I'd consider the dead one the biggest loser myself.....

'Police said that about 4.30am, the American left the bar'.

So its the fault of the Police as the Bar should closed and everyone tucked up in bed by then.

Phuket Expats Turn to Killing and Crime: Ugly Underbelly Exposed - Phuket Wan

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Phuket Expats Turn to Killing and Crime: Ugly Underbelly Exposed

By Alan Morison
Saturday, August 14, 2010
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IN THE past few weeks, the breezy, balmy image of Phuket as a peaceful tropical island holiday destination for longstay tourists and residents has been blown asunder.

A German arrested for burglary . . . a Frenchman accused of stealing from a fellow traveller at Phuket airport . . . an American who admitted to stabbing to death a naked bar girl . . . and now, an Englishman on the run over the apparent revenge murder of a young American.

This will shock most expat residents, especially those who, until the past few weeks, preferred to imagine that all the crimes on Phuket were committed by Thais or tourists.

On Internet chat sites, some of them have even defended the character of expat residents in general and attempted to imply that the expat community is a model of social tolerance and cohesion.

With the manhunt now on for ''Mr Lee,'' the Englishman whom police believe stabbed to death American Dashawn Longfellow early today, that facade has finally fallen.

Expat residents and long-stay tourists, it appears, are just as liable to the human frailties that assail people in all the other places beyond Phuket.

And Thai locals, long criticised unfairly for the actions of a few scamsters and rip-off merchants, are now entitled to begin to wonder why so many expats are turning out to be criminals and thugs.

Today's dramatic murder on Phuket was preceded by revelations earlier this week of the thuggery of British and European criminals in the property industry of Huan Hin, a resort south of Bangkok, and the Old Bailey guilty verdict for Paul Cryne, an expat hitman who flew from Thailand to kill a disabled woman in Britain.

These cases follow the slaying of Sweethearts Bar hostess Wanpen Pianchai by American Ronald Fanelli, one of the most savage killings Phuket has experienced.

Today's killing raises even more questions about the Phuket community. While a wealthy Russian recently paid US$24 million for a villa on a beach just north of Phuket, it's plain that not every visitor who arrives at Phuket airport is so well-heeled - or well-intentioned.

Questions will probably also be asked by the Thai authorities about the mixture of drinking and Thai kick-boxing that appear to have been ingredients in the latest killing. Bars are supposed to shut by 1am. This one was still going at 4.30am, police officers say.

As the popularity of muay Thai boxing has grown around the world, camps for Thai boxing have flourished throughout the island, but especially in the Rawai and Chalong regions, to the island's south. Some expats who come for these camps are not as committed to the principles that Thai exponents of the sport follow.

There can be an absence of the self-discipline that many traditional Thai kick-boxers show. Mix the holiday island atmosphere with testosterone and alcohol, often served at bars where nobody is ever refused service for being intoxicated, and you have the ingredients for deep trouble.

Tourist industry officials say Phuket is moving up-market, with more four-star and five-star customers coming. That may be true, but the discounts forced on resorts by political violence in Bangkok earlier in the year also mean more people with less obvious wealth are able to afford holidays on Phuket.

Those who live on Phuket, those who come for a holiday and decide to stay, or those who come for a specific purpose, are clearly just as susceptible to the less desirable human passions and emotions as any other group.

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And Thai locals, long criticised unfairly for the actions of a few scamsters and rip-off merchants

The criticism is entirely fair as the locals allow the scammers to operate.

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Some expats who come for these camps are not as committed to the principles that Thai exponents of the sport follow.

Many Thai boxers are thugs and criminals, so that's a lot of utter tripe.

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Tourist industry officials say Phuket is moving up-market, with more four-star and five-star customers coming.

Alcohol has to be available 24 hours, 7 days a week and 365 days a year for somewhere to qualify for a true five star rating.

There are several in Hong Kong.

And people are still doubting that a police clearance check is going to be required for all non imm visas soon. ROFL

Thinning out the riff-raff would be a good thing.

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And people are still doubting that a police clearance check is going to be required for all non imm visas soon.

Doubt he killed anyone in England before though noodles, so the check would be no good.

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Doubt he killed anyone in England before though noodles, so the check would be no good.

I would wage that he already has a criminal record in the UK.

^You have no proof at all that he is a geordie noodles....

Thamesmead I think.:)

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I'd consider the dead one the biggest loser myself.....

the other guy will spend the rest of his life in jail. I personally would rather die.

both went to the toilet at the Freedom Bar, a well-known haunt for expats in Rawai

Oh, a toilet at the Freedom Bar, ummm, well no accounting for some people's hangouts. :mid:

BTW, if both were drunk, why were they driving their motorbikes about? This is going to cause a big problem for the accused if he claims that he was drunk and couldn't think straight. No way a defense of impaired abilities will work. It was not a spur of the moment killing where someone was killed in a fit of passion. He had enough time to go and purchase his fruit knives at 7-11 and then drive over to the Ya Nui Resort II / Paradise Beach and filet the deceased. This was a planned murder and qualifies for the death penalty. We are going to have one desperate wacko running around until he is either caught or kills himself.

The killer must be quite the brave fellow. Maybe he caught a glimpse of the other fellows penis when he was taking a whizz and felt inadequate? In any case, he's obviously got some anger management issues as they say. Whatever happens, if he gets caught he will have all the time in the world to practice his muay thai skills in a crowded prison cell until he is executed.

Phuket NEWS: Phuket 'killer Brit' suspect named

Phuket 'Killer Brit' suspect named

https://teakdoor.com/images/smilies1/You_Rock_Emoticon.gif WANTED: British murder suspect Lee Aldhouse, pictured above, is sought by police for the fatal stabbing of American Dashawn Longfellow in Phuket.

PHUKET: Chalong police have confirmed the identity of the prime suspect in the brutal stabbing death of American Muay Thai trainee Dashawn Longfellow in the early hours this morning.

Case Officer Anukul Nookate confirmed to the Gazette that British Muay Thai fighter Lee Aldhouse, 28, is being sought for arrest in the murder of Mr Longfellow at his room at the Ya Nui 2 resort near Ya Nui Beach.
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....and this is another recent story on the suspect...but he is named as an American in this news report from April 2010..

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https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2010/08/447.jpg Hit-run victim Lee Aldhouse shows his wounds to a Phuket police officer
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Phuket Hit-Run Driver Downs American, Then Flees

By Sert Tongdee
Friday, April 23, 2010
POLICE are keen to hear from witnesses in the hope of pursuing a hit-run driver who knocked an American from his motorcycle today in southern Phuket and sped off without slowing.

Lee Aldhouse, 28, reported the incident to Chalong police and showed an officer his wounds.

Unfortunately he could not remember the make or color of the pick-up and did not get the opportunity to see its registration number.

Mr Aldhouse as on his way to a fitness centre for a workout about 10.30am when the pick-up, travelling towards Chalong Circle from Rawai, knocked him flying near the new set of traffic lights at the t-junction turn-off to Nai Harn.

People at the Seven-11 on the corner may have been witnesses. Mr Aldhouse, who has an interest in an investment in a small resort, is hoping the hit-run driver of the vehicle can be caught and punished.

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Phuket NEWS: Phuket 'killer Brit' suspect named

Phuket 'Killer Brit' suspect named

https://teakdoor.com/images/smilies1/You_Rock_Emoticon.gif WANTED: British murder suspect Lee Aldhouse, pictured above, is sought by police for the fatal stabbing of American Dashawn Longfellow in Phuket.

PHUKET: Chalong police have confirmed the identity of the prime suspect in the brutal stabbing death of American Muay Thai trainee Dashawn Longfellow in the early hours this morning.

Case Officer Anukul Nookate confirmed to the Gazette that British Muay Thai fighter Lee Aldhouse, 28, is being sought for arrest in the murder of Mr Longfellow at his room at the Ya Nui 2 resort near Ya Nui Beach.
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....and this is another recent story on the suspect...but he is named as an American in this news report from April 2010..

Phuket Hit-Run Driver Downs American, Then Flees - Phuket Wan
https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2010/08/447.jpg Hit-run victim Lee Aldhouse shows his wounds to a Phuket police officer
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Phuket Hit-Run Driver Downs American, Then Flees

By Sert Tongdee
Friday, April 23, 2010
POLICE are keen to hear from witnesses in the hope of pursuing a hit-run driver who knocked an American from his motorcycle today in southern Phuket and sped off without slowing.

Lee Aldhouse, 28, reported the incident to Chalong police and showed an officer his wounds.

Unfortunately he could not remember the make or color of the pick-up and did not get the opportunity to see its registration number.

Mr Aldhouse as on his way to a fitness centre for a workout about 10.30am when the pick-up, travelling towards Chalong Circle from Rawai, knocked him flying near the new set of traffic lights at the t-junction turn-off to Nai Harn.

People at the Seven-11 on the corner may have been witnesses. Mr Aldhouse, who has an interest in an investment in a small resort, is hoping the hit-run driver of the vehicle can be caught and punished.

This guy is low life scum. The UFC tries to humanize these fighters but to me they are all just animals that have a few loose wires in their head. They are mental cases, most of them.

Has an interest in an investment ? yeah right.

England breed them for the job, over centuries....look what they did to the Irish in the 1700, 1800 actually since Henry II 1171........

Here is Lee Aldhouse fighting in Phuket.
It appears that he is Australian, not American or English, oh well, obviously the police haven't bothered contacting immigration for his passport details.

YouTube - Lee fighting for Naiharn Boxing Club March 09

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https://teakdoor.com/images/smilies1/You_Rock_Emoticon.gif Phuket murder: Police at the door to Dashawn Longfellow's apartment
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Phuket Manhunt for Kickbox Killer 'Mr Lee' Widens

By Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Today's Updating Phuketwan Report

THE PHUKET manhunt for the real Muay Thai kickboxing killer ''Mr Lee'' continued today, with Phuketwan passing on information from readers about the man to police.

Officers say the ''Mr Lee'' they want to interview about the knife-murder of American Dashawn Longfellow is an Englishman. They say he is not American, or German.

Phuket's southern expat community was on edge today as word spread of the altercation at the Freedom Bar in Rawai yesterday and the knifing murder of 23-year-old Dashawn Longfellow at his apartment not long after.

Several expats living in the southern Rawai area of Phuket go by the name of Lee and fit parts of the wanted man's description.

One Phuketwan reader told us about the real ''Mr Lee'' suspect: ''He's from Manchester England and is a real crazy idiot. I knew it when I met him over a year and half ago. He's know for his temper, beating his girlfriend and very hostile.''

Another supplied a map, showing the precise address of Mr Lee's home. ''I can describe him myself as [having a] dark sometimes short or sometimes military cut hair. He's very white skin. Dark brown eyes and not too tall say maybe 5.9 or 5.10.''

Other details were given about the suspect ''Mr Lee's'' Thai girlfriend and a Muay Thai camp and a gymnasium he frequented.

Phuketwan reporter Sert Tongdee has viewed the 7-Eleven security camera footage of the prime suspect leaving the local store with two cheap fruit knives shortly before the murder. He says the wanted man is not American Lee Aldhouse.

He met Mr Aldhouse and interviewed and photographed him when Mr Aldhouse reported a hit-run accident to officers at nearby Chalong police station back in April. (A link to that report, with a photograph of Mr Aldhouse, can be found below.)

A Phuketwan reader, who wished to remain anonymous, wrote: ''Lee is well known and from Manchester, England. This guy has been running around making threats for some time.

''Now everyone can see he's serious and it took a life to make someone listen. I've let the proper people know his info, so let's see what happens next.''

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Phuketwan reporter Sert Tongdee has viewed the 7-Eleven security camera footage of the prime suspect leaving the local store with two cheap fruit knives shortly before the murder. He says the wanted man is not American Lee Aldhouse.

hmmmm, American? wonder how good his English skills are? The photos are of the same person.

My money is on Lee being a nasty Aussie, OI OI OI.

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and a Muay Thai camp and a gymnasium he frequented.

Naiharn boxing camp.....

What a fucked-up piece of reporting. Why do the police not release his real name and photo for fuck sake.