Category: Crime
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More Graffiti By Foreigners At Chiang Mai Beauty Spot
Chiang Mai authorities are furious that a cave has been ruined by graffiti from foreign tourists. They have threatened to prosecute and seek jail terms for anyone who is caught. The latest damage comes to Thailand’s nature after teens from Liverpool and Canada spray-painted a historic wall in the northern Thai city. Foreign names were…
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Australian Commits Murder So He Could Send Money To His Thai Mistress
An Australian man brutally murdered his ex-girlfriend after she lent him money which he sent to his Thai mistress who he met online. At a hearing at Melbourne’s Magistrates Court on Sunday, Peter Brown, 57, pleaded guilty to murdering his ex girlfriend, Simone Fraser. Brown told the court how he had racked up $25,000 in…
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Mastermind Of Gangland-Style Execution Of Brit In Pattaya Arrested In Malaga
The alleged mastermind behind the gangland style execution of a British man in Pattaya has been arrested in Spain. Toby James Nelhams, 45, was held on an international arrest warrant issued by the Thai authorities after he landed at Malaga airport. A spokesman for National Police in Malaga told the Daily Mail: “National Police have…
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Briton Facing Jail Following Graffiti Charge In Chiang Mai Is Full Of Remorse
A British man who was arrested earlier this week for vandalising the 800 year old Tha Phae gate in Chiang Mai says he has “been an idiot”. Lee Furlong, 23, was caught on CCTV spraying ‘Scousse Lee’ onto the historic wall at 4am on Thursday morning. The young man from Liverpool, who even managed to…
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Madams And Ex-Cop Handed A Further 183 & 309 Years In Child Prostitution Scandal
The Ratchadaphisek Criminal Court on Thursday increased the jail tariff for two “madams” and a former senior cop by 183 years and 309 years respectively, over charges linked to the “owl tattoo” prostitution racket in Mae Hong Son. The trio were convicted over their roles in supplying a hotel in Tambon Jong Kham of Muang…
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Scouser Faces Ten Year Jail Sentence For Graffiti In Chiang Mai
Thai media reported that two people are in custody after the spray paint inscription “Scouser Lee B” appeared on the historic Tha Pae gate in Chiang Mai. One of them is 23 year old Lee Furlong from Liverpool. The other is Brittney Schneider, also 23, from Canada. The pair were staying at the Mad Monkey…
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Boy Gets On His Bike To Flee Beatings And Is Reunited With His Mother
No-one knew what a 14-year-old boy had in mind when he decided to ride a bicycle from the house where he lived with his father in Pathum Thani province on Saturday. One thing was for sure, however – he could no longer tolerate alleged repeated assaults by his stepmother. The boy, whose name has been…
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Tourist Police Chief Presents Huge Cheque To Family Of Shooting Victim
A press conference has been held to present cheques worth two million baht to the family of the victim of the shooting in Pratunam. Basant Gakhreja, 45, the distraught elder brother of Dheeraj Gakhreja, 41, received two checks worth one million baht each. Dheeraj died after being hit by a stray bullet. The payout totals…
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Former Police Officer Arrested For Alleged Contract Murder
A former police officer was arrested on Friday for the alleged contract murder of a petrol station owner and wounding his wife in Sa Kaew’s Muang district last month. The 62-year-old suspect, Pansak Mongkolsin, was arrested along with his wife Thanaporn Sukkhojai, 50, at a house in Rayong’s Pluak Daeng district. The couple was interrogated…
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South Korean Fleeced By Chiang Mai Bar Gets A Refund
A karaoke bar in Chiang Mai province on Friday refunded a South Korean customer Bt120,000 after having billed him Bt160,000 for a few hours of service on Tuesday. Jeong Geunbok, 46, agreed to withdraw his police complaint against the Forever karaoke bar after its manager Chaiwat Songchaiwan, 35, showed up at police station and…