A young British tourist is recovering in
a Thai hospital after being repeatedly stabbed by a mob as he tried to
save his girlfriend from a pack sex attack.
Jack Cole, 21, from Bath was stabbed in
the face and body after the laughing youths grabbed his 21-year-old
girlfriend April Clifton as they enjoyed a romantic stroll towards a
boat pier in Ao Nang, in southern Thailand.
After jumping to April's defence Jack was left to die in a pool of blood as the armed thugs fled.
She was also left bruised and battered when the motorcycle gang grabbed her, clawing at her clothes. Luckily a passing British tourist heard Jack's cries for help and called paramedics to the idyllic beach resort.
- Jack said from the Bangkok-Phuket hospital yesterday, 'It was a calculated attack. They drove past us several times checking us out. We thought they had gone but they came out of the shadows and attacked April. They laughed as they grabbed April as a mob.
- 'There were seven of them. Four men and three girls. I knocked the guy down who had grabbed April and then they crowded around me and I thought they were punching me."
- 'But it seems every punch was a stab. They were shouting in English
‘Come on. Come on’. I saw that April had managed to run away to the
safety of a local Dive Shop and I fell to the ground as the group ran
away laughing, said Jack.
'I managed to stagger up to a foreigner whom I begged for help and people came to staunch the flow of blood. - 'There was no reason for the attack. We had never seen these people before. They appeared to be driving in a gang looking for foreign victims. They made no attempt to take my wallet. They were just interested in April.'
- The unnamed Briton, who runs the dive shop, has posted on an expat forum in Thailand.
- He said: 'In Ao Nang. I fear that another tourist death is imminent. Gangs of teenage kids, armed with knives and machetes roam the roads like something out of a Hollywood horror movie. WTF is wrong with this place!'
- He added: 'I accompanied them to the Krabi hospital where I witnessed the same old story. You pay or no treatment.
- 'The resort where they were staying kindly brought his and hers passports, money and the lifesaving Insurance'.
Yesterday three of the seven suspects were being held by Krabi
Provincial Police. Another four are being sought from the Nong Talay
area of Krabi.
Jack, who has been treated for stab wounds to his
face, arms, chest and legs works for the Office Angels company in Bath
as a recruitment officer. April has finished her studies and planned to
seek work after returning from their dream holiday.
Source: Agency
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