Tourist found hanged in Phuket police cell
published : 25 Apr 2023 at 12:32
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Achadthaya Chuenniran
An Australian man was found hanged in a cell at Patong police station on Monday, after being arrested on Sunday night for being drunk and disorderly outside a bar.
Police said Michael Matthew Winder, 31, was drunk and acting wildly when he was arrested outside an entertainment venue on Bang La road in Patong.
He was taken to Patong police station and held in a cell on the second floor.
About noon on Monday, the police sergeant on duty outside the cell left to have lunch. When he returned he brought some food for the detainee. He found Winder hanging by his neck from his shirt, which was tied to the iron bars.
The sergeant went inside the cell to check his pulse. He reported that Winder was already dead. The Australian was the only detainee in the cell, police said.
An investigation was underway into the man's death.
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Vocabulary
- arrest: (of the police) taking someone to a police station because they are believed to have committed a crime - การจับกุม
- cell: a small room where a prisoner is kept - ห้องขังนักโทษ
- detainee: someone who is kept in prison - ผู้ที่ถูกกักขัง คุมขัง
- disorderly: showing lack of control; publicly violent or noisy - ซึ่งไม่เป็นระเบียบ, สับสน
- drunk: having had too much alcohol to drink, i.e., drunk or intoxicated - มึนเมา
- hang (verb): to kill somebody by tying a rope around their neck and allowing them to drop; to be killed in this way - ฆ่าด้วยการแขวนคอ
- on duty: working at a particular time - อยู่ในหน้าที่
- pulse (noun): the regular beat of blood as it is sent around the body, that can be felt in different places, especially on the inside part of the wrist; the number of times the blood beats in a minute - ชีพจร, อัตราการเต้นของหัวใจ, จังหวะการเต้นของหัวใจ
- sergeant: a police officer of middle rank, below that of inspector - จ่า, นายสิบ
- wildly (adv): out of control -
