How not to get away with murder and theft

My regular reader will be familiar with photos of racing bikes, taken at Bira circuit during the Highside Tours track days.

A couple of days ago, someone entered the circuit at night and stole three racing bikes. Unpleasant, but as nothing compared to the fact that they tied up the night guard and then beat him over the head with something heavy until they had killed him. Very, very nasty, and yet another example that some people are prepared to kill to get what they want.

But what would the perpetrators want with three distinctive and highly tuned bikes, suitable only for the track? Smuggle them overseas, or break them down for spares through some international stolen racing bike spares syndicate perhaps? No, what they did, within hours of the theft, was put them up for sale on the internet, on a Thai website, for 1.2 million baht. Naturally, the whole racing scene in Thailand was already looking out for these bikes and the killers were quickly arrested.

The stupid murderer was 15 years old. One can only hope he rots in jail for a very long time.

Comments 🔗

2008-12-05 | Pete, FrogBlogger says

Read the Pattaya Mail (?) the other week. Some of the stories it contained made me wonder if the writer hadn’t made them up. Amazing. Then again he probably didn’t have to, going by the rep of the town these days :-(

That bike story is sick. Just shows you can never be too careful.

Does the paper tell the true story, or is that glimpse of Pattaya life exaggerated? Only spent a couple of weeks there, was with my kids so we weren’t about that late. Seemed a bit seedy in some parts of town, but nothing too bad. (Was staying at a friend’s villa about ten/fifteen minutes out of town as you come in from Bkk, so we ended up splashing around in the pool most of the stay). Wouldn’t mind seeing the real Pattaya sometime, but need a guide.

2008-12-05 | The Son says

I blame video games, naturally.

2008-12-05 | Spike says

Pattaya is a big city, and as in any big city, there is crime. Unlike other cities, every crime is reported in lavish detail by the local paper. It is mainly Thai on Thai, usually at around 0300 after a load of booze. Personally, I feel safer here than I would in a large city in Europe.

Yes, the police found copies of the notorious computer game “My Little Princess 3”. Ban this filth I say.