SA man wanted for Briton’s murder in Thailand

26 January 2017 - 12:40 By TMG Digital
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Abel Caldeira Bonito
Abel Caldeira Bonito
Image: Abel Caldeira Bonito via Facebook

A South African suspect in the murder of a Briton in Thailand this week is believed to have fled to Cambodia.

Thai authorities named 23-year old South African Abel Caldeira Bonito and 27-year old British national Miles Dicken Turner as being wanted in connection execution-style murder of Tony Kenway in Pattaya on Tuesday.

He was reportedly shot with a single bullet to his head by a gunman who fled the scene on a motorcycle.

Thai PBS reported that Bonito was identified as the gunman from video footage‚ while Turner had rented the bike.

A Facebook page for Bonito describes him as self-employed as living in Orkney‚ South Africa.

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