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Leicester calls for statue of ‘hero’ Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha

Leicester City football fans place flowers outside the football stadium after the helicopter of the club owner Thai businessman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha crashed when leaving the ground on Saturday evening

By: Lauren Codling

by NADEEM BADSHAH and LAUREN CODLING GRIEVING community leaders, business owners and fans have paid tribute to Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and called for a statue to be erected in his honour following his death in a helicopter crash last weekend. The Midlands city is in mourning after the Thai billionaire, staff members Nursara Suknamai and Kaveporn Punpare, and pilots Eric Swaffer and Izabela Roza Lechowicz were killed in the tragedy last Saturday (27). A framed picture of Hindu deity Ganesh along with football shirts of Real Madrid and Barcelona have been laid outside the King Power Stadium which has…

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