Traumatised pal of Brit ‘beheaded’ by sickle in Thailand ‘watched in horror as his mate was slaughtered in front of him’
THE traumatised pal of a Brit watched on as his mate was slaughtered in a frenzied sickle attack.
Shaun Dagnan, 54, saw 49-year-old Marcus Evans “die in front of him” when they were set upon at 3am by a local man as they listened to music.
Cops found the injured pair bloodied and wounded with Marcus lying face-down in a pool of blood with no shirt on and severe injuries to his neck.
Marcus, from Weston-super-Mare, was killed in what police say was a row over loud music and his girlfriend has revealed how she found his lifeless body.
Meanwhile Shaun, from Nuneaton, is recovering in hospital after being seriously wounded in the attack and pals say he has been left traumatised.
“Shaun’s still in shock from what happened,” said one friend, who asked not be named, told The Sun Online.
“He saw his friend die right in front of him. He needs some time to be left alone and come to terms with it, as he could have been killed as well.
“Everyone’s in shock by what has happened.”
Shaun had travelled to Thailand before Christmas to spend time with his girlfriend Nong Pranee, who is understood to live there, locals in Nuneaton have said.
The horror unfolded in Kanchanaburi, 90 miles from Bangkok on January 22.
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Local man Prasut Thipthep, 23, has been held over the attack after he was arrested a few hours following the attack.
It comes after heartbroken Wassana Muanchit, 33, also said she looked into the eyes of the alleged killer of Marcus and ask him why he attacked the “love of her life”.
Wassana said Marcus came back into their house to get another beer as him and his friend listened to music.
“That was the last time I saw him alive,” she said.
“After drinking for a bit he came back to my room to get a beer. He did not look drunk, he looked normal, and he carried that one bottle of beer out.
“When I went outside late at night, it was like normal. Nothing was loud, it was quiet and there was no sound.
“When I was walking back, a neighbour came and told me to check up on my husband and she kept on repeating and telling me to check on my husband.
SAW FRIEND DIE
“The neighbour said he was lying down on the floor. When I went out I found out he was dead.”
The devastated mum-of-one said: “I was out of my mind because I loved him so much. He was the love of my life.”
After the suspect’s arrest, Wassana said police allowed her to talk to him.
“I looked in his eyes. I was still so angry at him. I asked him ‘why did you kill my ?,” she said in interview with a local Thai TV station.
“I said I was very angry at him. I said ‘why couldn’t you talk or ask nicely? You could have told me or told the police, but you shouldn’t have killed him’.”
She paid an emotional tribute to her partner’s kindness and generosity.
SUSPECT IN CUSTODY
“He was the main provider, he supported me and my daughter,” she said.
“He gave me a monthly allowance and my expenses are high, but my husband took amazing care of me. Now I don’t know what to do because I will have nobody to support me.”
Police Lieutenant General Thanayut Vuthijarathamrong, who is leading the probe, said: “The accused confessed that the cause of the death came from a disagreement with the deceased.”
He said officers and experts will now assess whether the suspect “had complete consciousness or not at the time of the attack”.
“But initially, two serious charges were filed against the perpetrators, one of intentional manslaughter and charge of attempting to kill another person.”