By Agencies and published by CNA A “PANIC-STRICKEN” elephant killed a Spanish tourist while she was bathing the animal at a sanctuary in southern Thailand, local police said on Monday (Jan. 6). On Friday, Blanca Ojanguren García, 23, was washing the animal at the Koh Yao Elephant Care Centre in the Koh Yao district
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Spanish actor’s son jailed for life for grisly island murder
By AFP and published by CNA Koh Samui – A Thai court today (Aug. 29) jailed a famous Spanish actor’s son for life for the grisly murder of a Colombian plastic surgeon on Koh Phangan, in a lurid case that has gripped Spain. Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, a 30-year-old chef, was found guilty of the
Read moreHearing put off in Koh Phangan murder case
KOH SAMUI Provincial Court today (Oct. 26) postponed a hearing of a Spanish chef who has been charged with murdering a Colombian surgeon on Koh Phangan last August with his body parts found packed in a suitcase and dumped in the sea and the rest discarded at a garbage dump, Naewna newspaper said. Mr.
Read moreSpanish murder suspect was stress free first night in jail
A SPANISH chef who is a suspect in the murder and dismemberment of a Colombian surgeon on Koh Phangan last week appeared stress free the first night at Koh Samui district prison and has not been given any special privileges, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Aug. 8). Mr. Edwin Miguel Arrieta Arteaga, 44, a
Read moreMore body parts found as Spanish suspect is being taken to court
MORE body parts of a Colombian surgeon murdered and dismembered by a Spanish chef suspect on Koh Phangan last week were found in a black bag that washed up on a beach of this popular tourist island with the police taking the suspect to the court today (Aug. 8) to apply for initial 12-day
Read moreSpanish chef confesses to murdering Colombian surgeon
POLICE on Koh Phangan said this afternoon (Aug. 5) that a Spanish chef has confessed to the murder and dismemberment of a Colombian surgeon with most body parts packed in a suitcase and dumped into the sea but some parts that did not fit in were discarded at a garbage dump, TV Channel 7
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