Stephen Ashton
A Paradise Island Shooting – Splashpackers – and the Sex Pistols
The Flying Sporran’s Full Moon Diary- Nobody dances outside the Zoom Bar on the Thai island of Koh Phangan anymore. Well they won’t until the fuss dies down. It was closed down by police order after Briton Stephen Ashton took a bullet in his side on New Year’s morning. I don’t suppose the bar […]
Thailand to declare gun free zones following Ashton shooting
From Andrew Drummond, Koh Phangan, Samui Archipelago Thailand’s holiday islands will be made a ‘gun free zone within a year the region’ Governor Chatpong Chataraputi declared today. Following the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Stephen Ashton at a New Year’s beach party on the island of Koh Phangan all gun licenses will be checked, gun dealers […]
GUNMAN APOLOGISES FOR HOLIDAY ISLAND SHOOTING
“I WAS AIMING AT SOMEONE ELSE!” From Andrew Drummond, Koh Phangan, Thailand The man accused of shooting 22-year-old Stephen Ashton at a New Year party on the Thai island of Koh Phangan apologised in court today and said he never meant to hit a foreigner. Ekkapan Kaewkla, 26, told a court in the neighbouring larger […]
Family of Briton ‘devastated’ by Koh Phangan shooting
Thai Killer May Face Light Sentence The family of Stephen Ashton issued a statement today expressing their devastation at his death as an innocent bystander. And as they did so the Royal Thai Police announced that the alleged shooter would be charged with manslaughter and illegally carrying a fire-arm. This may be of little comfort […]
British tourist shot dead on Full Moon Beach –
CAUGHT IN SOMEONE ELSE’S BATTLE- A 22-year-old British tourist was killed (today) in the cross fire when rivals gangs clashed on the Full Moon Party Island of Koh Phangan after the New Year countdown. Stephen Ashton was shot in the side apparently while dance on the sand on Haad Rin Beach on the island, just […]
