Thai police detain British husband of Thai girl discovered lifeless in Yorkshire Dales | Thailand

The British husband of Lamduan Armitage, a Thai girl whose physique was present in a stream within the Yorkshire Dales in 2004, has been detained by police in Thailand.

David Armitage, a college lecturer, has been detained in Bangkok by immigration officers after an investigation into his visa.

In accordance with the BBC, Armitage, who has a resident visa, was detained at his home in Kanchanaburi on Thursday earlier than being transferred to the Bangkok immigration detention centre whereas the nation’s authorities put together to revoke his visa.

A spokesperson for the UK’s Overseas, Commonwealth and Improvement Workplace stated: “We’re supporting the household of a British nationwide detained in Thailand.”
Lamduan, initially from Udon Thani province in north-east Thailand, was discovered by a bunch of walkers on the Pennine Manner, between Pen-y-ghent and Horton in Ribblesdale, in September 2004.

Detectives initially believed she had died of pure causes however a chilly case staff introduced in 2018 that Lamduan was murdered.

Armitage, who has been dwelling in Thailand since her demise, didn’t report his spouse lacking and has not managed to be interviewed by Thai or British police about her whereabouts.

The sufferer’s household in Thailand got here ahead to say they’d not heard from her since 2004 after seeing an e-fit that resembled her issued by North Yorkshire police.

They stated she had married a British man in 1991 and moved to north-west England 4 years later.

The investigation into Lamduan’s demise is being performed by North Yorkshire police.

A spokesperson for the power advised the BBC it was conscious of Armitage’s detention and added: “We perceive it pertains to his visa standing and residence in Thailand and is fully a matter for the immigration service of the Royal Thai police.

“Ought to Mr Armitage be deported, we perceive that he can have a selection as to the place he goes, which is able to embrace return to the UK.

“Ought to that happen, we are going to once more make each effort to talk to him concerning the investigation.”

Armitage beforehand advised the Solar newspaper he was not concerned in his spouse’s demise.