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Brit wanted after knife rampage in Thai bar that left French tourist stabbed

The shocking moment a former reality star’s ex-boyfriend allegedly stabbed a tourist in a frenzied nightclub attack was captured on camera.

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This is the shocking moment Love Island star Amber Gill’s ex-boyfriend allegedly stabs a tourist in a frenzied nightclub attack.

Ex-con Rory Colhoun, 33, is being hunted along with two other Brit companions and three women following the brawl in Phuket Thailand, The Sun reports.

The horrific footage shows a trio of holiday-makers, reportedly including Colhoun, beating a French tourist on May 11.

Colhoun is seen repeatedly throwing punches at the backpacker in the Nomad Beach Club – while his friend pins down the target on the floor.

A woman is seen dragging a man alleged to be Colhoun away to stop his barrage of hits, before he comes back to stamp the target on the head.

A brave security guard then appears to intervene.

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Cops arrived after receiving a report at 4am local time – but the Brits had already escaped by then.

They found the victim lying on the ground bleeding from a stab wound on the left side of his torso.

He was given first aid and rushed to the Thalaong Hospital.

He is now in stable condition.

Police have launched a hunt for Colhoun, 33, from Leeds, along with Emilio Armani Bozzo, 34, and Rayon Stanley Joseph Hamilton Craig, 28.

They are also searching for three women.

Cops warned that an Interpol red notice would be issued, and confirmed that the men in the video had been identified.

They alleged that Colhoun was the man who stabbed the victim, while Craig pinned the victim down.

Bozzo was accused attacking the tourist with a chair.

One man was seen hitting him with a chair and another pinned him down, while another women attempted to pull Colhoun away.
One man was seen hitting him with a chair and another pinned him down, while another women attempted to pull Colhoun away.

Superintendent of Choeng Thale Police Station Ekkarat Plaiduang said the trio were drunk when they picked a fight with the younger holiday-maker.

They allegedly started scuffling inside the bar area, before the brawl erupted in the garden.

Colhoun is alleged to have produced a knife at this point, which he used to stab the victim.

The superintendent said: “On May 13, our investigation team reviewed CCTV footage and a bystander’s video which clearly captured the suspects’ physical features.”

Ex-con Rory Colhoun was jailed for a violent nightclub attack in 2015. Picture: Instagram
Ex-con Rory Colhoun was jailed for a violent nightclub attack in 2015. Picture: Instagram

He added that one of the men “dropped a black iPhone containing a DTAC SIM card registered to Mr Emilio Armani Bozzo” when the group were running away.

They also said that witnesses “later confirmed he was one of the three suspects”.

According to the Phuket Immigration Office, Colhoun had already flown to Bali later the same day with the other two Brits.

Police said they were collecting evidence to request an arrest warrant for the men in Indonesia.

He dated Amber Gill, who was crowned winner of Love Island season 5. Picture: Instagram
He dated Amber Gill, who was crowned winner of Love Island season 5. Picture: Instagram

Plaiduang added: “This was a very violent attack. A knife was involved, which makes it much more serious. The man in the video stabbing the victim, we believe from the investigations, to be Rory Billy Colhoun.”

“The person on top of him is Rayon Stanley Joseph Hamilton Craig and the third man involved is Emilio Armani Bozzo.”

Colhoun had previously been in a relationship with reality TV star Amber Gill, who won the fifth series of Love Island in 2019.

The pair reportedly rekindled their relationship in 2022, following the collapse of their first relationship.

The reality star, 27, was pictured enjoying dinner in Dubai with Colhoun, who was jailed for a vicious nightclub attack in 2015.

Gill has since presented the ITV series The Full Treatment, and competed on the Channel 4 survival series Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins.

She had dated Jack Grealish before they separated last year.

She also visited Bali in February this year.

This story first appeared in The Sun and was republished with permission.

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