British father celebrating tenth wedding anniversary is choked to death in front of his wife by Norwegian martial artist after complaining about the noise from his room at a hotel in Phuket

A British father celebrating his tenth wedding anniversary was choked to death in front of his wife by a Norwegian martial artist after complaining about noise from his hotel room in Thailand, Amitpal Singh Bajaj, and his wife, Bandhna, both 34, along with their two-year-old son Veer, were kept awake by the neighbouring guest late into Tuesday night in Phuket. Hotel security visited the room of Roger Bullman, 53, from Norway, but his uproarious balcony singing is said to have grown louder. Mr Bajaj then allegedly grabbed a steak knife from his room and decided to confront Bullman at 4am on Wednesday. But Bullman, who was allegedly drunk, refused to lower his noise and continued yelling and singing. They started quarrelling before the row turned into a fight. The suspect told police that Mr Bajaj first stabbed him in his left shoulder before he used his martial arts skills to grip the British man in a choke-hold and continued choking him to death as Mrs Bajaj looked on. Mr and Mrs Bajaj, who met when they were 18 at a friend's wedding, had been celebrating their tenth wedding anniversary. Bullman was arrested in the morning at Karon police station. He told the police that he acted instinctively and was not intentionally trying to kill him. Police Major Ekkachai Siri, of the Phuket Tourist Police, said that the Norwegian has been charged for 'causing harm resulting in death'. The police chief said: 'Mr Bullman was drunk and causing so much noise that hotel security came to warn Mr Bullman twice. 'Mr Bajaj carried a steak knife into Mr Bullman’s room. They started fighting and Mr Bajaj stabbed Mr Bullman in left shoulder. 'Bullman has been released on bail by the Phuket Provincial Court. He now must remain in Thailand until the charge against (him) has been heard in court. Meanwhile, British consular officials are in contact with Mr Bajaj's family and already inform them about his tragic death.' Police Major Techin Deethongon from Karon police station said that Bullman was singing on his balcony between 1am and 2am which caused the argument. The policeman said: 'The husband came out to complain about the loud noise because the couple has a young child. They then started wrangling.'