AMAZINGLY HE PLEADED GUILTY AND WAS SENTENCED TO A TERM HE HAS SO FAR NEVER HAD TO SERVE- In a remarkable case of seemingly misplaced justice in Thailand a Thai man who stabbed a British tourist to death in a fit of jealous rage today remains free despite pleading guilty at his trial and being […]
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MILLER WALKS! -American Greg Miller whose mother allegedly paid fake lawyer Brian Goudie US$300,000 to get out of jail on child sexual abuse charges has been released from Nong Plalai Prison on bail, after a case against him was dismissed. Legal charges were comparatively minor compared to Goudie’s estimate. He may have exaggerated. Miller’s bail […]
INVISIBLE DIPLOMAT STINGS COUNTRY FOLK- In a sting which is believed to have netted between ten and twenty million Thai baht scores of people from Isaan have been turning up at the British Embassy in Bangkok for an interview which will guarantee them a job at a hotel in London. While the sting might have […]
LIBEL CASE FAST BECOMING SELF INFLICTED WOUND ON THAI COMPANY (Picture Survivors Geoff Taylor and daughter Helen. His daughter Andrea did not.) Is it possible that wealthy Thai companies connected to politicians are now over-stepping the litigation mark? This below is the latest video from Finnwatch about Andy Hall. Well, yes, it’s early days. But […]
‘THEN HE WENT BACK AND BOASTED TO FRIENDS’ The partner of international school teacher Adam Pickles, who remains in a coma in a hospital in Britain, told the a court in Pattaya that she believed Sean Tinsley attacked him because he scratched his car while reversing out of a parking space in Pattaya. […]
‘WE TAKE THE SAFETY OF BRITISH CITIZENS SERIOUSLY’- The British Embassy has written to the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs to express its concern over the safety of Dr.Wyn Ellis, a British scientist who has received a series of threats, after high profile court battles with the director of Thailand’s National Innovation Agency. The Embassy […]
FOR HEAVEN’S SAKE BRING BACK THE GUNMAN! I am not even going to write this story. It tells itself. Or at least a website does. But it’s a prime example of what can go wrong with house buying in Thailand . (Picture: Jason Coghlan wearing what robber’s wear when they go out with their dolls. […]
HAVE COMMON GOALS BEEN DISCOVERED IN NEW ENTENTE CORDIALE WITH MONTENEGRO – SERVICING FOREIGNERS, SELLING THEM PROPERTY, SMUGGLING, HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND TAX EVASION? -It was difficult to keep a straight face reading Saturday’s Bangkok Post to learn that ‘The leaders of Thailand and Montenegro agreed on Saturday to use the eastern European country as a […]
THE MANY FACES OF A CREEPY CANADIAN -Well known Canadian con-man Harris Black is back in Pattaya. The former rocket scientist is now a plastic surgeon. Wearing the No 1 shirt He has been publishing handsome pictures of er some other handsome suitor and is looking for ladies. Meanwhile, the former Sister Mary Joseph (one […]
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.