Phuket Murder Suspect Lee Aldhouse Arrested At UK Airport

[Somrak]

As he faces the death Penalty will he be extradited???

not a chance

Never (!??) and this i good, but, if he is found guilty, he will serve his time at home.

[moskito]

As to the bloodthirsty BM's here, CONVICTED murderers should be punished the harshest, i don't think anyone else here feels otherwise.

As to your comment "GET A LIFE" you should have consideration of how that may sound to any of the victims family members who might see that comment!!

Convicted murders should be punished, I agree with you here, but not punished by a lynchmob! I didnt mean to upset the family of the victim here,

but I am quite sure they see it the same way. If the story was the other way around and their son is confronted with some people shouting HANG HIM HIGH!

To be straight, I dont take sides in this case for the reason I just dont know what really happend this night but many of the members here are typing as the know exactly what happend. All I can say is I dont like people like this steroid pumped up guy Lee and anybody else here in this country, hanging around in bars and picking fights.

There are ALWAYS TWO people necessary for starting a fight. A former Marine which allegedly come to Thailand to recover from his bad time in Irak or Afghanistan (where HE was kiling people too I guess) has other oportunities as hanging around all night long in bars....and I have no idea of his backround or how much he was involved before, what not should say he deserved to die.

Like I said before, I want see this killer in front of a proper court, not more not less.

[moskito]

Isn't the U.S.A one of these barbaric countries that exercises the death penalty ?

BLASPHEMY hang him high.

Very bad talking this way about gods chosen country.

Its not barbaric if the GODs in USAmerica punish humans with death sentences, its just bad if other countries do so.

[rotary]

Either way, The United States government will crank up the heat to either Thailand or the UK so justice will prevail. At least we are not dealing with another country that America has no pull over. It will be done. I rather see him get drop off to where this Marine's ex unit might be fighting now, either Iraq or Afghanistan. He can have all the knives he wants.

The USA crank up the heat.....gosh thats a pretty bold statement. Most countries resent the USA in their business also. I am a USA citizen but I have seen how much good the US embassy does for 30 years overseas so I have no faith.

[NovaBlue05]

Convicted murders should be punished, I agree with you here, but not punished by a lynchmob! I didnt mean to upset the family of the victim here,

but I am quite sure they see it the same way. If the story was the other way around and their son is confronted with some people shouting HANG HIM HIGH!

To be straight, I dont take sides in this case for the reason I just dont know what really happend this night but many of the members here are typing as the know exactly what happend. All I can say is I dont like people like this steroid pumped up guy Lee and anybody else here in this country, hanging around in bars and picking fights.

There are ALWAYS TWO people necessary for starting a fight. A former Marine which allegedly come to Thailand to recover from his bad time in Irak or Afghanistan (where HE was kiling people too I guess) has other oportunities as hanging around all night long in bars....and I have no idea of his backround or how much he was involved before, what not should say he deserved to die.

Like I said before, I want see this killer in front of a proper court, not more not less.

Relax...chill out...It would be a pretty boring forum if everyone was posting..."Oh Dear....I certainly hope the accused receives appropriate due process...innocent til proven...yada...yada.."

Like all high(er) profile cases, he will be tried in the court of public opinion. Internet forums are all about public opinion...with a few facts sprinkled in. I doubt he is too concerned about it...it,s not like he's running for political office.

I am confident he will ultimately get what's coming to him...either through the courts or through karma if he is as dreadful a person as has so far been repoorted.

Important thing right now is he is off the street while things are sorted out.

[Boater]

The Birmingham Mail reports that Lee Aldhouse was held in London under an old warrant issued for his recall to prison. A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: ''A 27-year-old man was arrested on Terminal One of Heathrow Airport at 16.55 on Wednesday August 18. He was wanted on warrant for recall to prison and has been returned to the prison service.''

[Boater]

I still find it quiet amazing that it took 8 days to reach the press he was back in custody , they even ran storeis in the uk press he was on the run in thailand when all along he was back in prison in england

[Boater]

A BIRMINGHAM kickboxer at the centre of a manhunt following the fatal stabbing of a US soldier in Thailand has been arrested at Heathrow airport.

Lee Aldhouse was held in London under an old warrant issued for his recall to prison.

The Thai authorities could now seek his extradition over the death of Dashawn Longfellow on the tropical island of Phuket in the early hours of August 14.

Aldhouse was named as the prime suspect by Thai police after the body of Mr Longfellow was found before dawn at the Yanui Paradise Resort, in southern Phuket, where he was on holiday after being injured while serving in Afghanistan with the US Marines.

According to reports, Aldhouse left Thailand via Cambodia and he is thought to have bought a ticket to get him back to the UK via another overseas airport.

A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: 'A 27-year-old man was arrested on Terminal One of Heathrow Airport at 16.55 on Wednesday August 18. He was wanted on warrant for recall to prison and has been returned to the prison service.'

It is not clear why he was recalled to prison, or what offence he had been serving time for.

It is understood that he was not held in connection with any allegations relating to the incident in Thailand as no formal request has been made to do so.

A Ministry of Justice spokesman said: 'All offenders subject to probation supervision on release from prison have to adhere to strict conditions. They are subject to recall to custody if they breach their conditions or their behaviour indicates it is no longer safe to allow them to remain in the community.

'The police are notified of any offender who breaches the conditions of their licence and has been recalled to prison. Once the police have apprehended the offender they are returned to prison.'

Reports in Phuket said police were compiling a dossier for the Phuket provincial public prosecutor to decide whether to file an extradition request with the British Embassy in Bangkok and seek Aldhouse's returned to Thailand.

[Boater]

Mr lee has been very smart here , as uk police / prison service cannot send him back to thailand if he has un spent time in the uk ... Me thinks he has some very good connections in thailand who got him out safe , and the plan was to be arrested in the uk and the 5 million thb droped into the bank and not spent is to pay off the courts ect to have the case forgotten about ... Again very smart move , only problem is the usa are involved and they are pretty pissed off with thailand over the russians and may not let this one rest

[unforgiven]

Lets hope the Muay Thai tosser gets sent back ASAP and then we can see just how hard this @anker is in the BKK Hilton.

So hard he had to kill the guy with a knife, YEAH REAL HARD. Allegedly of course

As for him not getting extradited because of the death penalty ? They rarely give foreigners the death penalty and normally commute it to a life, meaning life, sentence. So it shouldn't be a problem NICE!!!!!!!!

n Of course it's a problem ,the Thai will only get him back if he's charged with 2and degree murder.No death penalty...... but I think he can still get life.

[bangkokrick]

Lynch mob mentality again. You or no one else on this board knows exactly what happened, so let the courts decide. Why does it make a difference that he was an American marine, can't you just say person. If he did murder the person in question I am sure that the British courts will give the appropriate sentence. He will not be extradited.

Rick

Your concerns for the rights of the suspect stand in stark contrast to your concerns for what the victim's family and friends are going through and will go through for the rest of their lives.

He gets no sympathy from me. Zero. Nada.

I leave that to you.

He gets no sympathy from me if he is guilty. There is a judicial process to go through and that has not begun yet. The family of the victim do get my sympathy of course, it's a terrible loss of life what ever the circumstances.

Rick

[Boater]

A friend of friend in the uk who is covering this story has shed some light

1) He was assisted out the country , by who unconfirmed

2) The 5 million was paid in case he was caught in thailand as instant bribe money , who paid it in ect unconfirmed

3) The reason he was arrested in the uk was probabtion violations with regards to his armed robbery conviction - confirmed

4) Why did he flee to uk ? And not another country ? - early report suggest there is another version of events and mr lee went back to the uk to ensure he received a fair trial , as all is not what it seems ?!?!?

I await the outcome

[ukrules]

I just don't get how the US could have any grounds to extradite him and try him there.

There's a lot of people who aren't from the US sitting in US prisons trying to figure out the answer to that question.

[Boater]

Lee will not be back in thailand .... A source said he has a very good lawyer at the uk tax payers expence ,, like I said in the above posts he has been very clever , expect lee on a beach in thailand within 2 years

[Boater]

One posative thing may come from this , one sunday newspaper may run a story on police corruption in thailand , how lee ' paid ' his way out of thailand , no namung here but one certain pokice officer shot himself in the foot by stating he didn't want to deal with mr lee ect on the SAME day he leaves for englang ...

[taninthai]

One posative thing may come from this , one sunday newspaper may run a story on police corruption in thailand , how lee ' paid ' his way out of thailand , no namung here but one certain pokice officer shot himself in the foot by stating he didn't want to deal with mr lee ect on the SAME day he leaves for englang ...

boater you are wasted here surprised your not headhunted fox,cnn,bbc................

[tropo]

Isn't the U.S.A one of these barbaric countries that exercises the death penalty ?

Yes, and good that we do too. Certain heinous crimes deserve a heinous punishment. Like this one.

I come from a non-death-penalty country, but I agree with you. He deserves to die for what he did.

[Boater]

Boater work for bbc , cnn or fox ... hel_l no , or maybe yes at least there news would be correct ! I have followed this case very carfully and been in contact with certain sources only as this type of killing happen to a friend of mine 10 years ago ,

[tropo]

... expect lee on a beach in thailand within 2 years

He wouldn't last a day in Thailand.

[steelepulse]

Boater, I met you at the Phuket TV meet up and thanks for shedding inside info as to what actually happened. Do you know how much did lee have to pay to get out of TH via the " no computer" route?

[Boater]

@ grumpyoldman - your post is very wrong , eye for eye punishment I'd very middle aged , I do not support the death penalty at all ! , if anything it is an easy way out !

[Boater]

@sp

I am not sure on amount or who helped / advised him to escape . All I know is someone high up helped him which if and when released. Will be a smear on the thai police force

s

[geriatrickid]

There may be some brilliance into the facilitation of the accused's departure for the UK. Think about it. The UK has been bringing alot of pressure on the Thai government in respect to the lack of response to crimes against UK nationals. Well, in the words of the American sage Gomer Pyle, Surprise, Surprise, surprise.

The hot potato just landed on the UK's jolly lap .It's the UK that has to deal with this now. The next time the UK complains about the slow progress in Thai prosecutions, all the Thais have to do is tell refer to this case. Quite a convenient coincidence.

In respect to the US, any pressure brought to bear is certainly within the rights off the US DOJ, and to be blunt is to be expected. The US DOJ has a duty to protect US nationals wherever they may be. The fact that other governments don't take the issue seriously, isn't a reason to lambaste the USA. The best that the US government can do, if someone keeps prodding it, is to try and ensure that the accused is brought to trial. As the crime was not planned in the USA, not perpetrated by a US resident, does not involve a proceed of the crime accruing to a resident of the USA and does not satisfy the statutes in respect to international crimes involving terrorism, piracy, genocide or child pornography, the USA most likely isn't going to consider extradition The best the USA can do is to make representations at the Thai extradition hearing. The US DOJ is not going to be squeezing the UK because it fully appreciates that the courts move at their own pace in the UK just as they do in the USA, To be blunt, as long as the accused is in jail, this removes alot of the pressure from all the implicated governments.

And as for the comment that the accused will be back in Thailand in 2 years, I don't think so. According to the news article, the accused was a convicted violent offender. On that basis alone he is banned from the Kingdom and should never have been allowed entry. Where the UK government has screwed up is that the man's passport does not appear to have ever been revoked, unless he was traveling on a fake passport in which case,in which case this is even messier than we know.

Perhaps this requires Mr. Andrew Drummond's skills to get down into the weeds and scare the rats out of their holes. Depending on this is handled, we may learn alot about the drug trade and officials' corruption on Phuket.

[Deeral]

not even tried and facing the death penalty

wake up

theres due process first

If there is a death penalty on offer there is little chance of extradition - there Thai govt will have to do some deal.

[bangkokrick]

I come from a non-death-penalty country, but I agree with you. He deserves to die for what he did.

Hey lets get out the 'ducking stool' boys and make him have it. The guy has not had a trial and people are wanting to see him hung. This is 2010 and he has a right to a fair trial. As I said before, no one knows what really happened and we might be in for a surprise. I am not defending this guy, but hel_l he has not even been to court yet and most are wanting him dead.

Rick

[Deeral]

time to unsubscribe - I don['t want my computer filled with "hang-'em-high" brigade's crap!

[Sabre]

he should certainly pay for his crime, however i think doing the time in the uk would be just as bad if not worse in some cases than being in the Bangkwang.

Are you serious?

[mojo80]

he should certainly pay for his crime, however i think doing the time in the uk would be just as bad if not worse in some cases than being in the Bangkwang.

Are you serious?

Yes very! Now next time you post add some substance to your reply, and ill be happy to put you in your place.

[Ryukyu]

Question.

Is it possible to have two passports? If I get stamped into Thailand, then claim my passport was lost. Get a new one at the consul and have that one stamped correctly.

Could I use the old "lost" passport to leave Thailand at one of there country border crossings?

[tropo]

Hey lets get out the 'ducking stool' boys and make him have it. The guy has not had a trial and people are wanting to see him hung. This is 2010 and he has a right to a fair trial. As I said before, no one knows what really happened and we might be in for a surprise. I am not defending this guy, but hel_l he has not even been to court yet and most are wanting him dead.

Rick

Actually you are defending this guy.