Husband of ‘Lady of the Hills’ wants to ‘return to Britain to clear his name’ 21 YEARS after wife’s body was dumped
Husband of ‘Lady of the Hills’ wants to ‘return to Britain to clear his name’ 21 YEARS after wife’s body was dumped
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THE university lecturer at the centre of the Lady of the Hills murder mystery is to return to the UK in a bid to clear his name, The Sun can reveal. David Armitage, 62, is being deported from Thailand after immigration officials revoked his residency visa.
![[David Armitage, husband of Lamduan Armitage, walking in Kanchanaburi, Thailand.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2004-yorkshire-dales-england-leading-559470711_cc05e7.jpg?strip=all&w=651)
They acted after Interpol issued a Blue Notice against him – an international order to help cops gather vital info about a crime from witnesses and suspects living abroad. Armitage – whose wife Lamduan was murdered in 2004 - is not being extradited back to the UK and is free to travel to any other country.
![[Photo of a family of four posing outside their home.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/collect-outside-family-home-rugby-568293146_76e7cc.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
But he is set to return home in the hope of finally clearing his name after years of suggestions by Lamduan’s family that he was involved in her death, according to immigration sources in Thailand. He was persuaded to do so by his Thai girlfriend and his teacher son George, 32.
![[Photo of Lamduan Seekanya in Thailand.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/collect-lamduan-seekanya-native-thailand-474924641_d144ff.jpg?strip=all&w=644)
A source told The Sun: “George is obviously aware of everything that has happened over the last few years and everything that has been said - as is David's Thai girlfriend. “They have persuaded him to go back to the UK to clear his name. "He is free to go anywhere when he leaves Thailand, but in reality he only has one option– back to Britain.
![[Timeline of the Lady of the Hills murder investigation.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/RB-TIMELINE-LADY-OF-THE-HILLS-2.jpg?strip=all&w=562)
“He had the choice of appealing against the decision to revoke his visa within 48 hours but he did not take it.”. Lamduan’s partially-clothed body was found in the Yorkshire Dales in 2004. She was dubbed the Lady of the Hills when she was buried in an anonymous grave after police failed to identify her.
![[Arrest of a British man suspected in the 2004 murder of a Thai woman.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/5017457-women-mountains-january-25-966581565.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
