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Tiger Disco Phuket trial postponed

PHUKET: A hearing in the slowly developing case against the owners of the Tiger Discotheque in Patong was postponed on September 2.


By The Phuket News

Tuesday 17 September 2013 09:55 AM


The fire destroyed the upper story of the building in a matter of minutes.

The fire destroyed the upper story of the building in a matter of minutes.

The hearing is now scheduled to take place in November, after it was learned that investigations by Region 8 Police had not been completed.

The owners of the disco – which went up in flames on August 16 last year, killing four people – are accused of causing death through negligence.

The prosecution alleges that the deaths were the result of excessive used of flammable decor in the disco and a short circuit in the disco's electrical system.

The defence has countered that the fire was the result of a lightning strike.