Thread: Pattaya - English man hurt in mysterious bar brawl

British visitor has leg broken in fight

Boonlua Chatree
Police are searching for a foreign man, believed to be British, who attacked a British visitor and broke his leg.
The fight happened at 1 a.m. on January 16 in front of a beer bar on Soi Buakhao. Police arriving at the scene found a group of foreigners assembled. The injured man had already been transferred to Pattaya Memorial Hospital by baht bus. Officers followed and identified the man as Terry Watkins, age 54. He had injuries to his face, his right leg was broken in two places, and he had a deep wound on his ankle down to the bone. His condition was stabilized after undergoing treatment.
Mrs Aree Tadprakong, 31, the injured man’s girlfriend, said the two of them had gone to the Noi Beer Bar where they celebrated a friend’s birthday. The party ended and they went to take a baht bus to go home. Suddenly a tall man who she believed to be British came up to them and struck Watkins, who fell down. The assailant then put her boyfriend’s right leg over the curb and jumped on it, breaking the bone in two places. Watkins passed out with the pain.
The attacker fled along Soi Honey Inn as Aree placed her injured boyfriend into a baht bus to take him to hospital. Police are trying to trace the man.

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