An Australian ex-pat who runs a successful sail boat tour company on the tourist island of Phuket in Thailand has been charged with murder . Mark Pendlebury - known affectionately by locals as 'Captain Mark ' as he is never without his captain 's hat and pipe - was trying to break up a fight outside Taipan nightclub on Wednesday night . The former Perth businessman , 59 , was on his way home from a Patong Rotary meeting when he came across the scuffle , Phuket Wan reported . Mark Pendlebury ( right ) runs a successful sail boat tour company on the tourist island of Phuket . The 59-year-old man who is from Perth was charged with murder after he tried to intervene during a scuffle . It is alleged Pendlebury stabbed security guard , Sanya Khluewaengmon , after he tried to stop the Australian from filming the fight outside the nightclub about 12.30am local time on Wednesday . 'Before I knew it , I was being badly beaten up . I pulled out my knife and waved it back and forth to defend myself , ' Pendlebury told local media from his jail cell at Kathu Police Station . ' A couple of Indians jumped in and with their help I was able to escape a little distance down the street . If the Indian tourists had n't rescued me , I reckon I would be dead . ' Pictures have emerged of Pendlebury that show him with a bloodied arm in a hospital bed , while being interviewed by police . The knife used in the alleged stabbing of a security guard at Taipan nightclub in Patong in Thailand 's south . Pendlebury appears to have blood down his arm and is here being interviewed by police in his hospital bed . He is often seen with his captain 's hat and a pipe , which earned him the nickname 'Captain Mark ' Local media have described him as a generous man who volunteered through the Rotary club . Mr Sanya was also taken to Patong hospital along with Pendlebury , but hospital staff were unable to save Mr Sanya . He died an hour and a half later . It is understood Australia 's honorary consul has visited Pendlebury in jail as his lawyers seek bail for the Australian ex-pat . During his interview with police , Pendlebury said he had pulled out a knife to defend himself against the security guard who had tried to stop him filming a scuffle outside the club . He said he remembered being beaten up badly after he was told to stop filming by Sanya Khluewaengmon . Mr Sanya died an hour and a half after he was taken to Patong hospital from his injuries . Kathu Police Station 's superintendent Chaiwat Auikam said investigations into the incident were ongoing . Detectives are going through CCTV footage along with seeking out video taken by witnesses on the night . The 59-year-old has a Thai wife and has been running his business since 2004 .
Mark Pendlebury was charged with murder in 2002 in Thailand 's south . The former Perth man intervened during a fight outside the nightclub . he , 59 , claims he was trying to film the scuffle before the incident . It is alleged he stabbed a security guard who was trying to stop him bleeding . Pendlebury claims he pulled out a knife to defend himself from injury . The security guard was taken to hospital but died an hour and a half later .