By Andrew DrummondFor full story and pictures click hereThree British divers swept away by powerful currents in the shark-infested Indian Ocean told last night how they fought off an attack by a man-eating Komodo dragon, the world’s largest lizard.The group were threatened by the 10ft beast as they awaited rescue on a remote Indonesian island.They […]
October 16, 2007Police close in on the internet paedophileA prolific paedophile at the centre of an international manhunt is believed to be an English language teacher living in Thailand, police said yesterday.Last week Interpol made an unprecedented global appeal to catch the man, codenamed Vico, who is shown sexually abusing children in about 200 images […]
‘I have, no cash, no job, and can’t work’ replies Mr. Swirly after being asked to discuss compensation to child’s father From Andrew Drummond, BangkokMonday June 2nd 2008 Canadian paedophile suspect Christopher Neil, now better known as ‘Mr. Swirly’, came face to face with the father of one of his victims in court in Bangkok yesterday. But […]
14 October 2007Oap Loses Thai Home After Brief Steals ItA PENSIONER has lost his Thai retirement home after his lawyer stole it.Alec Morton, from Dunfermline, has been ordered to leave his house in Bang Saray, 120 miles east of Bangkok.Alec, 65, tried to beat rules which ban foreigners from buying Thai homes by organising the […]
A QUESTION FOR BILLIONAIRE EX-PM OF THAILANDWHY DID YOUR POLICE KILL MY LOVELY GRANNY?SUNDAY MIRROR INVESTIGATES: DISTRAUGHT FAMILY SEEK TRUTHAugust 5 2007By Kate Mansey And Andrew DrummondAs he ploughs millions into Manchester City, new owner Thaksin Shinawatra is being hailed by fans as the latest foreign billionaire to bring his riches to British football.But back […]
KATE KYRIACOU and ANDREW DRUMMOND in BANGKOKOctober 14, 2007 12:15amAN Adelaide man has vanished hours before he was to give evidence about an alleged Bandidos’ crime ring in Thailand having told police of threats to kill him.Erik Riemsdyk, who is from Elizabeth but now lives in Thailand, told of the attempt in an explosive 14-page […]
The Burmese officer cadet at my dinner tableFrom Andrew Drummond, Bangkok, September 29 2007The former Burma officer cadet at my dinner table this week did not blink an eye when I asked him how could the Burmese soldiers so regularly turn their guns on their own people.Or indeed how could they crush the skulls of […]
Hero pulled others from wreckageFrom The Times September 18, 2007Andrew Drummond, Simon de Bruxelles and Will PaviaA British traveller has been hailed a hero by the Prime Minister of Thailand for hauling fellow passengers from the burning wreckage of the aircraft in which at least 88 people died.Peter Hill, 35, from Manchester, was praised for […]
‘We saw passengers engulfed in fire,’ says survivors of Phuket air disaster – The Times September 17 2007From The Times September 17, 2007Andrew Drummond in Bangkok, Andrew Chant in Phuket and Fiona HamiltonSurvivors of a horrific runway crash that killed nearly 90 passengers told last night how their plane disintegrated on impact as they arrived […]
Andrew Drummond and Elizabeth GoschSeptember 18, 2007ROBERT Borland was on fire and covered in aviation fuel when he was dragged from the blazing wreckage of the Phuket plane crash by a Thai passenger he calls the ‘saint in yellow”.Speaking from his Phuket hospital bed, where he is recovering from a broken arm, burns to his […]
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.