Last Hells Angels suspect surrenders

Last Hells Angels suspect surrenders

PATTAYA: The last of three Australian members of the Hells Angels motorcycle club wanted in connection with an assault on two Thai men surrendered to tourist police in Pattaya on Saturday.

Luke Anderson, 40, reported to Pol Maj Piyapong Ensarn, a Pattaya tourist police inspector, to answer a charge of harmful physical assault. Officers questioned him and gathered details for possible prosecution.

His two associates turned themselves in on Friday. Police said that Daniel Stalley, 34, and John Lee, 43, admitted they were involved in the attack on Ponran Chartbut, 22, and his brother Natthapong Pooncharoen, 24.

Police said the pair had agreed to pay 150,000 baht in compensation to their victims.

The attack took place on the evening of Sept 17 after the siblings followed a pickup truck that had hit their parked motorcycle. They later found the truck in front of a beer bar in South Pattaya. The two Australians were among three foreigners captured on CCTV footage beating one of the victims to the ground, while another man with a knife stood nearby. 

Police are awaiting the results of medical examinations before deciding whether to charge the assailants with the more serious crime of causing grievous bodily harm.

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