American killed in Dalaguete

[Enuff 29,743]

not sure what happened but IF (if, if if) it was a hit planned foreigner to foreigner, its amazing how well we adapt as westerners.

 

be on the lookout for an all white karaoke bar.

[johnboy999 1,691]

I met Andy Featherstonhaugh a few times while I lived in Alcoy. I, and several other members of this forum happen to know him in person so I think it's in pretty poor taste by the usual suspects here to hang him before there's ANY proof he's hired anyone, or involved in the murder in any way. He was the MD of a big company in the UK and used to travel back and forth to the UK very regularly so I wouldn't read too much into the fact he's not there right now.

 

If you read the comment at the bottom of the Freeman article from the brother of the deceased, it seems he's already got a wife living in Germany, yet the article says he's married to a Filipina from Tarlac. It's entirely possible a jealous wife could have arranged this.

[streak03 3,674]

Yep, I would put my money on the wife, purely based on the history of these sort of incidents...

[Lee 17,711]

Another angle might be that the family or even distant family of the Brit lost face and decided to handle it. Many of us may have bad people in our family, years ago I met one such individual from my wife's family, just sayin. 

[johnboy999 1,691]

Or, it's entirely possible with the poor reporting in the Philippines that Andy had ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with the murder!

 

Just because the deceased hadn't been in Cebu for long, doesn't mean he didn't have enemies from other parts of the Philippines ....

 

But of course, if it's reported in the Philippines press it must all be 100% correct, right? I'm surprised anybody is naive enough to believe that!

Edited June 28, 2014 by johnboy999

[Maybe Next Yr 606]

The plot thickens!

 

RIP!

[For Real 3,253]

James, I knew HD and have friends who have known him for years from his days in Canada and we would like to know if you have definitive proof of the statements you made above. We have yet to find anyone making these claims, other than you.

We'll if you want to sleep easy tonite I can help. It is not likely That HD killed the chap in this thread.

 

 

Sent from my detachable penis in my happy shorts

[Mandingo 3,625]

Well....I guess we don't know what happened yet and maybe never will, but to me at least, I think someone who gets in a barfight in the Phil with another expat just prior to the other guys murder needs to be at least investigated. If this was the west I am pretty sure the cops would be following that lead too........

[spydoo 2,044]

Officials took the cadaver to Alcoy for an autopsy. Police are not EXACTLY sure what killed the victim huh?

I do skip over some of these unintelligent, pointless criticisms that imply filipinos are idiots for anything they do.

 

Autopsies aren't just to pinpoint a cause of death. In this case it can reveal the caliber of the bullet and its entry of angle, for example.

[NRG 76]

Hello people,

Its been a while since I have left any message on this forum, as I only reply to topics that I have some understanding in and had similar experience and try and offer my two bits of advice with. But when I came across this post yesterday I was appalled and even more so with the quick judgment of certain members on here that Andy was guilty of anything.

 

Let me start from the beginning. I knew Andy and Steve sat down with both of them in the past for a beer and a chat, but I know Andy much better as our friendship has been over  many years, where as Steve only arrived here some 8 weeks ago. This may make you feel that I am biased towards Andy, but it could not be further from the truth. I am not a gossiping type of person. I only write the facts and truth about any situation on this forum, and I would not have even bothered to comment of this topic if it was not for the fact that Andy name has been mentioned and I am not about to stand by and watch a very good friends name dragged through the mud for no reason apart form the lousy newspaper reporting over here.

 

What I am about to write are the facts and nothing more, you can judge for yourself after reading this whether you still believe Andy had anything to do with any of this at all. Steve arrived in Dalaguete about 8 or 9 weeks ago, he was an approachable person and you could sit down with him and have a discussion with him. He was not a bad person, apart from the fact that if he had a beer down him he could very easily get aggressive over nothing. The newspaper which reported this, forgets to mention in the 8 weeks here was here he also had two other run in's with the police and on both accounts a blooter was made against him. I don't want to go in to details about either case, apart from that one was from another foreigner and the other a local Filipino.

 

The fight last week between Andy and Steve is true, I was there and saw what happened, and despite what the paper is saying and what Steve said at the police station he did pull a knife on Andy and slashed him across the ear. And soon as this happened Andy backed away as he was not about to have a fight with someone holding a knife. The fight happened because Steve was goading Andy on again I do not want to get in to details about what, but it was enough for Andy to challenge him back hence they ended up having a scuffle. Andy has never been in any fight or trouble here in the years he lived here before. They ended up seeing each other at the police station later that evening, where Steve made a clear audio threat towards Andy in front of the police. This threat was severe but again I do not want to go in to details about it. Suffice to say though when Andy was leaving the police station he was advised by the officer on duty that evening that it would be a good idea to leave for several days and let the dust settle, this was on Sunday evening and so Monday morning he headed for the city on the advice of the police.

 

It states in the paper that Andy left the country that Monday which is utter nonsense. I have personally seen Andy myself since that time and he has also spoken to the local police here about the incident. He has himself decided to leave Dalaguete for good, because of the suspicion against him though people who really know him personally know he has absolutely nothing to do with any shooting. He feels he cannot be safe here not only for him but for his wife and young child, as Steve was a member a certain gang here, and Andy feels there could be some retribution purely on the gossip flying around town.

 

Andy has high morals but also knows that his number one priority is the safety of his family. He is waiting to speak with the NBI and will leave the Philippines for quite sometime leaving his dream house that was only just completed. Andy is a well mannered man, never spoke bad of anyone. He had so much to lose if he was the one to put a hit out like this, which he would never dream of and he is genuinely upset that Steve was shot. Like I said at the beginning of this post they were friends at one point. No one here wants to see this happen in Dalaguete, this is a peaceful town where everyone gets along.

 

Steve was running from problems before he arrived, he himself admitted this too us and we know the police are following many lines of enquiry. I do not want to go in to any further details or expand on this post and answer questions as this is still an ongoing investigation. All I want to do is level the playing fields against the report about him in the newspaper. So much was not reported about the case and they picked up on this story about Andy and ran with it on pure speculation at the very best. I know Andy very well and he would never dream of doing something so awful especially over a stupid scuffle.

 

Believe what you want at the end of the day, but I had to say something. His name should never have been mentioned in the report and that it was is an utter disgrace. And please can someone take down the post linking to the supposed Facebook page of Andy, as it is not his, but that of his child. Thankfully nothing really on it, but why should a picture of his child be made available when Andy himself is completely innocent to start with, let alone his own child. You can now digest this post and come to your own conclusions and whether in the future what is reported in the papers are exact facts or in this case pure utter speculation and a lot of information not reported on.

 

On a final note we are all upset on Steve losing his life over what ever the reason being no one deserves that, and our thoughts in this town go to his wife/partner and her three children who he had a very good and long relationship with. No his wife/partner had nothing to do with this either, just to debunk that theory too. She has lost so much with Steve passing away. We all hope the police will get to the bottom of this, but we are not holding our breaths either. Thank you for reading my post. RIP Steve.

Edited August 28, 2014 by Headshot
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[Davaoeno 38,098]

re the facebook page. I am the one who posted it. As you already know from my posts I was truly appalled at a linc member basically accusing him of hiring a hit man- when there was absolutely no evidence of such . .   I posted the fb page to show that the person being accused of hiring a hit man is actually a family man with a young child - and not some dangerous gang member  .   Since the fb page is in his name i assumed that it was his fb page - and still do - but that is really irrelevant. 

 

Thank you very much for this very revealing post.from someone who is very aware of the facts .    I hope those that accused Andy of hiring a hit man have enough shame to issue a formal appology . 

[Paul 55,116]

Matt, Ian, I had already deleted the link to the Facebook page yesterday evening.

[D_D 572]

Damn shame that such manly twats need to hire killers when their tugboat-butts get the beatdown their battleship-mouths earn.. If this Britt is proved to have contracted this hit, than I hope he is extradited, faces a trial, convicted, and then spends the rest of his life sucking Pinoy d*ck in a Cebu shit-hole prison cell.

 

You have a way with words. I really enjoy reading your posts !

 

Please tell us how you really feel.

[Davaoeno 38,098]

You have a way with words.

 

I agree. Now if we could only get James to stick to the facts rather than using  words to prejudge people when he knows little about  the situation.  I think Andy could easily file a case of gross defamation against James.

 

And if I was jerome's attorney I would be reading James's posts on Linc with a huge smile on my face as I prepared to cross examine him in court ,  now having  proof that james likes to  play judge and  jury  about people when he has no evidence of the facts .    I would certainly  use his posts in this thread to attack his credibility .  I would try to convince the court that if James so easily condemns Andy based on no evidence that its possible that james is doing the exact same thing to Jerome . Just remember that all jerome's atty has to do is to raise a reasonable doubt, and James seems to be trying his best to make that easy for the atty to do .

 

All of the posts in this thread are easy to obtain using google.

Edited June 30, 2014 by Davaoeno

[mmnbvcxzbrian 16]

I only chatted with Andy a few times at Charitos, seemed like good guy. The press was just looking for an angle.