Mick Lock believed his friend was murdered on Koh Tao! Ian Jacobs died 15/1/2000. 1 of many deaths
Channel: KOH TAO MURDERS DEATH ISLAND
Date: 2021-05-22

Blast! Films interviewed Mick Lock for the new 3 part series due to be screened on SKY CRIME from 6 March 2022.  Here is my earlier interview with Mick that I published on YouTube.
In January 2000, Ian Jacobs from Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham UK travelled alone to Koh Tao, Thailand for a diving vacation.  Within two weeks he was dead and his body was promptly cremated in Bangkok.
Ian’s body was found in a "well" (made of prefabricated concrete pipe) that was sticking out of the ground off the beaten track.  His neck was broken.
The Thai police claimed that he had stumbled back to his bungalow drunk and fallen into a well.  They said he hit his head in the fall.
Witnesses say it was not possible to stumble into the "well." 
Ian’s friend, Mick Lock travelled to Koh Tao to investigate.  He was shown a well (one of two in the area) but very soon after his arrival he said it was "bulldozed" over before he had a chance to take photographs.  Mick understood that Ian had recently written letters to other friends in which Ian said he had loaned a small sum (a few hundred pounds) to a Thai man on the island but Mick stresses that he does not know who might have killed his friend.
After a couple of days of asking questions, Mick said that Thai police recommended that he leave Koh Tao as soon as possible.
Murders of foreigners on Koh Tao are not a recent phenomenon.  The cover-ups are nothing new either.

Tribute to 24 outsiders who perished on Koh Tao including Ian Jacobs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVn2mCzuc48

Link to video in tribute to 20 foreigners who died on Koh Tao including Ian Jacobs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8gesYV1t6A
(see the above video from 2.00 mins to 2.49 mins for comments on BBC that seriously understate the crime problem on Koh Tao)

There is an earlier video on this channel in tribute to 18 foreigners, which video marked the 20th anniversary of Ian Jacobs's death.

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