Thai police are hunting the ex-boyfriend of Love Island winner Amber Gill after a brawl ended with a French tourist being brutally stabbed outside a bar in Phuket.
Rory Colhoun, 33, was part of a group of three British tourists involved in a fight with the French traveller, named as Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu fighter Jugurtha Nubel Khaleche.
Colhoun, who is from Leeds, was jailed in the UK for four years in 2017 for beating up two nightclub doormen, leaving one in critical condition in hospital.
TV star Ms Gill dumped him in 2021 after MailOnline revealed his criminal past, but the pair later rekindled their romance. They have not been linked since 2022.
The thug, along with Rayon Hamilton Craig, 28, and Emilio Bozzo, 34, is now said to be on the run after police found Khaleche, 23, covered in stab wounds outside a Thai bar.
In chaotic footage of a fight earlier in the night, Colhoun is seen punching and kicking the French national while his friend wrestles him on the ground.
Three female friends of the men are seen trying to intervene in the scrap, with one running over and screaming ‘Rory’ at Colhoun before he returns to attack Khaleche.
A police source said that the British men and Khaleche ‘didn’t know each other before the fight, adding that the Frenchman ‘wasn’t drunk,’ while the British tourists may have been.
‘They allegedly sexually harassed the French man’s female friend, which prompted him to step in and push one of them to protect her.
‘The group were angry, so a fight broke out and they ganged up on him. But it’s still unclear whether the one who harassed the woman was Rory or someone else.’
The man in the white shirt, identified as Colhoun, is then seen punching and kicking the French tourist
Amber Gill dumped Colhoun after discovering he was found guilty of a nightclub attack in Leeds (the pair are pictured in January 2020)
Amber Gill won Love Island in 2019. She has not been linked to Colhoun since 2022
Pictures shared by Thai police show (left to right) Rory Colhoun, 33, Rayon Hamilton Craig, 28, and Emilio Armani Bozzo, 34
Video shows one of the British men, identified as Rayon Hamilton Craig, wrestling on the ground with the French victim
Several women are seen trying to pull the men away from the brawl
Police say all three men ‘are considered to have jointly intended to commit bodily harm’ and added that a knife and a chair were used in the brutal attack.
‘At this point, the investigators will move quickly to conduct inquiries while waiting for the public prosecutor’s decision to indict before an Interpol red notice can be issued,’ a police spokesman said.
‘The case has already been referred to the Foreign Affairs Division to help locate and apprehend the suspects and determine their whereabouts,’ they added.
According to police, the altercation began inside a restaurant, with video showing one of the British men, identified as being Hamilton Craig, wrestling on the ground with Khaleche.
The other Brit, said to be Bozzo, can be seen throwing a chair to the side during the fight, before standing and watching as the bouncer intervened.
Music blares in the background of the wild video, which appears to have been captured by someone standing behind the bar.
Several women are seen trying to pull the men away from the brawl, with Colhoun seen returning to kick the victim after he is yelled at by a female holidaymaker.
A bouncer is then seen running to intervene, and reportedly managed to break up the fight before it spilled into the street
The fight then moved to the street in front of the beach club, according to police, where Khaleche was stabbed by one of the men.
He suffered three knife wounds to his left side and back, and was found bleeding on the floor by police who arrived at the scene at 4.20am.
By the time cops were at the scene the group of British tourists had already left, reportedly fleeing the scene in a grey Mazda with no visible licence plates.
Khaleche was rushed to Thalang Hospital, where he is now said to be in a stable condition recovering from his injuries.
At one point in the video, a female reveler who is trying to intervene screams at one of the men and runs across the bar – almost spilling out of her top while doing so
One of the Brits, said to be Bozzo, is seen moving a chair out of the way of the fight
A security guard is seen intervening and reportedly managed to break up the fight before it spilled into the street
Cherng Talay Police said they had reviewed CCTV footage, in which the Brits were clearly identifiable, as well as the video clip of the brawl captured by the bystander.
One of the suspects dropped a black iPhone at the scene as they fled, according to police, who said the SIM card was registered under Bozzo’s name.
The court has issued arrest warrants for all three men, according to police.
According to police information, all three men are from Leeds. Their current whereabouts is not known.
Police Lt Colonel Khajornkiat Khamwichairat said that the victim was a well-known Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu fighter, with social media showing that he had been in Thailand for some time attending training camps.
Nomad Beach Club told local media that it had closed at midnight and that the fight had initially broken out at another venue.
This was confirmed by Khamwichairat, who said the fight began elsewhere and ended with Khaleche being stabbed ‘in front of Nomad Beach Club’.
Without naming where the brawl took place, Khamwichairat said the venue involved had been ‘warned’ following the altercation.
MailOnline has approached Amber Gill’s representatives for comment.
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