British man ‘beheaded’ with a SICKLE in Thailand named – as his partner shares heartbreaking post

A BRITISH man who was “beheaded” with a sickle in Thailand has been named dad-of-two Marcus Evans. His devastated partner and mother of his kids, Melanie Derrick shared a heartbreaking post on social media after his death. The victim has been named 49-year-old Marcus Evans The Brit was beheaded using a sickle She posted a poignant snap of the two on Facebook captioned: “And just like that another person I loved dearly…. Gone xxx.” It is understood Mr Evans’s parents in Burnham on Sea, Somerset, were informed of his death by the British government yesterday morning. His British pal, 55, from Nuneaton, Warwickshire, sustained serious injuries and is said to be fighting for his life in hospital. The duo was attacked in the town of Kanchanaburi by a local Thai man using a machete-type blade. Local reports in Thailand said police were called to a house where Marcus and Shaun were drinking outside at around 3.50 am on Saturday. Cops said they had been drinking from around 9 pm the night before. Most read in The Sun LEGEND DEAD Meat Loaf 'dies of covid' age 74 with wife by his side as tributes pour in MAJOR SHOCK New evidence about chief Maddie suspect leaves investigators 'shocked' PRICE NICKED Katie Price facing JAIL after she's arrested 'over texts to Kieran's fiancee' MOTORWAY HORROR Woman fighting for life after car falls from bridge onto busy motorway ROYAL FLUSH Queen ordered 'petulant' Andrew to back down over royal LOO in row with Charles HEATED ENCOUNTER Urgent warning after mysterious lava-like rock spotted burning in field They found the injured pair bloodied and wounded – with one of them lying face-down in a pool of claret with no shirt on and knife wounds to his neck. Marcus’s friend, Adria Licci, 59, from Italy, who also lived in the resort, said that Marcus had arrived on December 17. He said: “I was friends with the man who died and the one who was injured. They also knew the attacker and they had drinks with him before and had given him cigarettes. They used to joke with him a lot. “I’ve never seen the three of them arguing before until last night when I heard them all shouting at about 3am. “I came out of the room to see and found the wounded man and dead man lying on the ground in a pool of blood. “We think that the issue was caused by the guys playing loud music, but this should have been discussed and solved. It shouldn’t have to be this violent.” Police Colonel Somkiart Chomchai from the Muang district police said the alleged murder had been arrested at 8:50 am and taken into custody. He is due to be interviewed on Sunday and also has psychiatric assessments. The policeman said: “At the scene, there was a large number of blood marks on the ground. On the marble table were beer bottles and a Bluetooth speaker. “We interrogated neighbours nearby the scene and everybody said that the foreigners had been playing music loudly, which made the attacker angry. “We have to gather more information on the incident to find whether the attacker was suffering from a mental illness.” Mueang Police said the suspect was a local resident and was remanded in custody with injuries consistent with a knife fight. It was later revealed that angry locals attacked the suspect moments after he stabbed the Brit pair – leaving himself injured and needing hospital treatment. A Foreign and Commonwealth Office spokesman said: “We are contact with the Royal Thai Police following the death of one British man and the hospitalisation of another in Thailand and are ready to provide consular support.” Nicholas RazzellA man has been arrested[/caption] Blood could be seen at the property