Get all your news in one place.
100’s of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
World
Josh Luckhurst

Mystery as fit and healthy Brit diving instructor found dead on 'Death Island'

A British diving instructor has been found dead at his bungalow on tourist hotspot 'Death Island'.

Neil Giblin's body was discovered in his bungalow on the island of Koh Tao in Thailand on Wednesday after two female clients flagged that he had not turned up for work.

The fit and healthy 48-year-old from Birmingham is believed to be the fifth diving instructor to die on the tourist hotspot, where diving is a lucrative business, in recent years.

Police say Mr Giblin died of natural causes with no sign of struggle.

But friends have raised concerns amid a series of unexplained deaths of tourists on Koh Tao, which has been dubbed Death Island.

There has been several unexplained foreign deaths at idyllic Koh Tao, Thailand (Getty Images/EyeEm)

A friend of Neil's told the Sun: "I don't even think they did an autopsy. This just doesn’t add up to me."

It comes after a British pensioner was killed following an altercation at a junction in the south of Thailand earlier this month.

A property developer has admitted shooting dead Neil Roger, 70, who bled to death on the road after he was blasted four times in Pattaya.

He had been riding home on his moped after meeting friends at a pub on Thursday evening when he and Apicha Boonsawat, 32, clashed in the heated road rage row.

Boonsawat was arrested and has since admitted shooting the man but says he was provoked by Mr Roger "banging on his car".

Paramedics performed CPR at the scene of the gunning but were unable to revive the retired civil engineer, who is originally from Doncaster, South Yorkshire.

Harrowing CCTV footage from the scene showed a car overtaking Mr Roger before coming to a halt right in front of him.

The chilling footage then caught a figure emerging from the vehicle and shooting Mr Roger, killing him instantly, before jumping back into the vehicle and fleeing the scene. He had lived in Thailand for 20 years.

Elsewhere, a beauty therapist who was left paralysed from the waist down after falling from a 60ft balcony in Thailand has returned home to Coventry.

The picturesque surrounding area of Mae Haad, Koh Tao (Getty Images)

Maddi Neale-Shankster, 21, was on holiday on the island of Koh Phangan with her partner and friends when she fell on New Year's Eve.

Her family launched a fundraising effort and managed to raise more than £76,000 as Maddi's travel insurance did not cover repatriation.

Thanks to the donations, she could return home on Monday, January 16, after spending more than two weeks in hospital.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100’s of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.