Kiwi stabbed to death in Thailand
Post on: 2011-09-05 By: admin
The man accused of murdering New Zealander Charles Jones in a Thai hotel room claims the victim pulled a knife on him and demanded sex after the pair had smoked marijuana, according to local media.Jones, 56, from Wellington, who was president of the WorldCroquet Federation, was stabbed in an apartment in the Thai resorttown of Pattaya last week.Thai police have arrested and charged Mohamad Shanar Ryad, 21, aformer Syrian Army commando, with Jones' murder. Ryad is also accused of stealing Jones' laptop computer, wristwatch and mobile phone, which have not been recovered.Ryad is a UN-registered refugee who fled to Thailand followingthe recent uprising in Syria.He was working as a chef in a Lebanese restaurant when he claimsJones invited him to his rented apartment to smoke marijuana. The local Pattaya One newspaper reported that during a police areconstruction of events at the apartment Ryad claimed that Jonespicked up a knife and demanded the pair had sex. An argument followed, during which Ryad was able to turn theknife onJones, 'who literally stabbed himself'. Jones had just started a six week holiday in Thailand on his wayback from a world croquet championship tournament in London.
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