British Death at Koh Phangan Fullmoon Party Remains Unexplained

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British Death at Koh Phangan Fullmoon Party Remains Unexplained

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18 November 2017
- A British coroner has described as "medieval" some aspects of the Thai police investigation into the death of a UK man after a full-moon party on Koh Phangan earlier this year.[Feburary 2017]. Sussex coroner Alan Craze made the comment at the inquest this week into the death of Andrew Apperley, whose body was found in the sea nine* days after he was last seen on the southern tourist island in February.

The local investigating officer, Pol Capt Suteep Chadakan, had given the cause of death as asphyxiation by drowning. But Mr Craze said the cause could not be definitively ascertained because of the poor information provided to him. Because of the extent to which the body had decomposed by the time British pathologists could carry out their own examination, they were unable to find a clear cause of death, the court heard.
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Apperley, an Eastbourne resident who was married and had a seven-year-old daughter, was staying in a hotel on Koh Samui and took a boat to the party on Koh Phangan on Feb 12. He sent a text to his mother saying he intended to return to Samui the following day. His hotel on Phangan reported him missing four days later.

"We didn't get closure. We will probably never know what happened to Andrew," his wife Magdalena Apperley told The Independent after the inquest. "We can't rule out foul play, we can't rule out drugs, or anything else that could have happened. "The damage is done. We really hope his death can be turned into something positive...
https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/genera ... estigation
*Another news source says the body was found four days later.
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timmydownawell wrote: Sat Nov 18, 2017 6:34 pm
CEOCambodiaNews wrote: Sat Nov 18, 2017 6:25 pm 18 November 2107
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Just another drowning, not our fault.
Thailand does not like negative press which could stop the almighty incoming $$

But than,
does any goverment??
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Commendable that a coroner in his home country is going to bat for him.
A statement like that is putting yourself out there.

Judging by one pic, that was a good guy I probably would have liked. And it's tragic he had a wife and kid - now he's gone.

Last time we were in Koh Pangan the guy working our bungalow complex encouraged us to go to the Full Moon Party.
I have never been in 25 years going to Thailand - still I declined. Unnecessary risk for the possible reward.
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phuketrichard wrote: Sat Nov 18, 2017 8:34 pm Just another drowning, not our fault.
Thailand does not like negative press which could stop the almighty incoming $$

But than,
does any goverment??
Definatly not a drowning.

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dang wrote: Sun Nov 19, 2017 11:39 pm Commendable that a coroner in his home country is going to bat for him.
A statement like that is putting yourself out there.

Judging by one pic, that was a good guy I probably would have liked. And it's tragic he had a wife and kid - now he's gone.

Last time we were in Koh Pangan the guy working our bungalow complex encouraged us to go to the Full Moon Party.
I have never been in 25 years going to Thailand - still I declined. Unnecessary risk for the possible reward.
went once back in 1989, a few bars had speakers on the beach, maybe 250 westerners. it was fun but than it became Hip to go, and that was the end :beer3:
In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. HST
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Mystery still surrounds Eastbourne man’s death in Thailand
17 November 2017
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The family of a man who died after a Full Moon Party in Thailand have urged tourists to take caution when travelling.
Andrew Apperley, 38, left behind a wife and seven-year-old daughter when he went missing on the island of Koh Phangan on February 13.
http://www.eastbourneherald.co.uk/news/ ... -1-8250042

News reports at the time of his death in Feburary 2017.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-39041216
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-39107070
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take what type of caution?

I don't run with scissors if that's what they mean
I also don't do drugs or go to huge big parties

not saying hes at fault but not understanding the caution comment either
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phuketrichard wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2017 7:55 am
dang wrote: Sun Nov 19, 2017 11:39 pm Commendable that a coroner in his home country is going to bat for him.
A statement like that is putting yourself out there.

Judging by one pic, that was a good guy I probably would have liked. And it's tragic he had a wife and kid - now he's gone.

Last time we were in Koh Pangan the guy working our bungalow complex encouraged us to go to the Full Moon Party.
I have never been in 25 years going to Thailand - still I declined. Unnecessary risk for the possible reward.
went once back in 1989, a few bars had speakers on the beach, maybe 250 westerners. it was fun but than it became Hip to go, and that was the end :beer3:
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