Carradine’s deviant behaviour was deadly, claims ex wife.From Andrew Drummond, BangkokLink to Mail on SundayAfter the body of Hollywood star David Carradine was flown out of Bangkok today sensational claims that the star routinely committed ‘deviant sexual behaviour which was potentially deadly’ have been revealed in divorce papers lodged by his ex-wife.In the papers lodged […]
Hollywood Actor David Carradine was found dead in a Bangkok hotel today amid suggestions that he killed himself accidently during an attempt at auto-eroticism. The 72-yr-old actor and lead in ‘Kill Bill’ was found dead in a hotel in Bangkok famous for its shrine dedicated to phallic power. The body of Carradine who rose to […]
From Andrew Drummond, Bangkok. June 5 2009Link to Daily Mail Link to Daily Record Thai police today withdrew their suicide theory on the death of Hollywood star David Carradine and admitted that he may have died accidentally during a sex act.After a night of confusion Thai Police General said the possibility that Carradine died while indulging in […]
Samantha Orobator Prisoners in a notorious jail in Laos are to be quizzed over their relationship with a pregnant British woman accused of drug smuggling as it emerged that a fellow British prisoner could be the father. The trial of Samantha Orobator, from south London, will be delayed until the father is identified, it emerged […]
This is a blog onlyI have been watching the case of Annice Smoel, the 36-yr-old woman from Melbourne, Australia, with interest – not least because publications in Australia have been ringing me for the SP. Annice Smoel has been all over the Australian press and television for the last three days because she has been […]
Of an Embassy and Brits in the sh*t 111- A never ending storyLink to Bangkok Post ‘Investigation’This is a blog only and comes with a cash saving tip for holders of expensive British passports.Warning: But it’s probably an offence to alter your British passport. Pixtures: Andrew Chant & Foreign Prisoner Support Service No sooner had I closed […]
Link to Andrew Drummond at SKYLink to AD at Daily ExpressLink to Evening StandardFrom Andrew DrummondVientiane, Laos, May 5th 2009The Communist Laos government postponed the trial of Briton Samantha Orobator late today after denying access to a Human Rights lawyer sent to prepare her defence.But a British Consular official Paul Lawrence, from the British Embassy […]
From Andrew Drummond, Bangkok,Pictures: Andrew Chant PicturesApril 28 2008Link to Belfast Telegraph story An Irishman faces a death sentence in Thailand after being arrested today dealing in a cocktail of drugs in a beach resort.Thomas McAuley, 48, was caught in a sting operation in the Thai resort of Pattaya, 100 miles east of Bangkok. Thai […]
This is a blog onlySometimes one has to really admire the Thai way of doing things. What went on down in Phuket this week was quite superb by Thai standards and my hat comes off for Amuporn Siripong one of the prosecutors in the local court.I am talking about the case of Simon Burrowes. He […]
Londoner falsely arrested in Thailand on passport charge allowed to go home.‘We feel sorry for you,’ says prosecutorFrom Andrew Drummond, Bangkok, April 27 2009A London martial arts expert, who was wrongly arrested on a false passport charge, and then jailed after Embassy officials failed to confirm his passport was real, was today told he was […]
Andrew Drummond is a British independent journalist and occasional television documentary maker. He is a former Fleet Street, London, journalist having worked at the Evening Standard, Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, News of the World, Observer and The Times.