{"id":223509,"date":"2023-10-20T09:03:55","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T09:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allworldreport.com\/?p=223509"},"modified":"2023-10-20T09:03:55","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T09:03:55","slug":"british-pensioner-falls-to-death-from-fifth-floor-balcony-in-thailand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allworldreport.com\/world-news\/british-pensioner-falls-to-death-from-fifth-floor-balcony-in-thailand\/","title":{"rendered":"British pensioner falls to death from fifth floor balcony in Thailand"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>British pensioner, 89, falls to his death from fifth floor balcony in Thailand<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>The British man was found dead only wearing his underwear on Friday\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><strong>The pensioner was heartbroken after his lover left him three years ago\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He was also suffering from a chronic illness that required daily medical attention<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A\u00a0British pensioner plunged to his death from the fifth floor of an apartment block in Thailand this morning.<\/p>\n<p>The 89-year-old man was found dead lying face down in a pool of blood next to the swimming pool at the Star Beach Condotel in Pattaya at around 6am on Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Local police arrived at the scene to find the Brit was wearing only his blue underpants and had a bandage around his head.<\/p>\n<p>They cordoned off the area, and covered up his body, while investigating the death, interviewing the building&#8217;s receptionist and the nurse who had been looking after the elderly man.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They said that he had been heartbroken since his younger lover left him three years ago.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/20\/08\/76788283-12652597-image-m-16_1697785721103.jpg\" height=\"427\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The pensioner was found dead on Friday morning at around 6am by the pool at the\u00a0Star Beach Condotel in Pattaya, Thailand<\/p>\n<p>Security guard Sornsak Sopha, 40, said: &#8216;People staying in the condominium reported to me that someone fell from a building. So I rushed to check and found that the person who had fallen was a foreigner.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He had died and at first I was very shocked and couldn&#8217;t do anything. When I gathered my thoughts I called the police to come and investigate.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The man&#8217;s carer Anansit Suttaso, 57, said the retired Brit had been suffering from a chronic illness that required medical care every evening.<\/p>\n<p>She said: &#8216;He often complained to me that he missed his partner and lover who had been gone for more than three years. I never thought anything like this would happen.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Police Colonel Thanaphong Phothi, the superintendent of Pattaya City Police Station, said he has ordered officials to investigate.<\/p>\n<p>The policeman said: &#8216;Forensic officers are checking the room and officers and viewing CCTV from the whole area, to collect evidence to conclude the case.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There are no signs of a struggle or robbery in the deceased man&#8217;s room.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The pensioner&#8217;s body has now been taken to the local hospital for a post-mortem examination, and the British Embassy in Bangkok have been informed.<\/p>\n<p>MailOnline has contacted the UK&#8217;s Foreign Office for comment.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12652597\/British-pensioner-89-falls-death-fifth-floor-balcony-Thailand.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British pensioner, 89, falls to his death from fifth floor balcony in Thailand The British man was&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223508,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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