Aussie conman David Tyson exposed here on these pages for his Global -I-Care scam and property sharp dealing on the island of Phuket has surfaced again – this time in Poland. After trying similar scams out in Vietnam he moved on to Britain, France and Germany and is now hobnobbing with politicians and businessmen in […]
Thursday, November 28, 2013 A British kick boxer who stabbed a U.S. Marine to death in Thailand was today jailed for 25 years on the Thai holiday island of Phuket. Lee Aldhouse, nicknamed ‘Pitbull’ , who was the first Briton ever to be extradited from the UK to face trial in Thailand, had pleaded guilty […]
TRANG, PHUKET FALL – KRABI, SAMUI TO FOLLOW (Picture Andy Mitchell) Anti-Government protesters spread their protest to Thailand’s holiday islands today taking over the provincial administrative buildings on the island of Phuket. This follow the occupation last night of the provincial offices of Trang and now 77 districts, which include the holiday island of Koh […]
WOMAN WHO PRODUCED MENAGERIE GOES FREE Police in Thailand have arrested the manager of a bar where rock star Rihanna saw a sex show. On the same evening that the venue was visited by the chief of police on the holiday island of Phuket, and the Provincial Governor local police took into custody the owner […]
BUT PHUKET TAXI DRIVER WALKS FREE.- The Thai island of Phuket is notorious for its wayward taxi and tuk tuk drivers. Consular officials have been complaining for years about the rip-offs. The last time I was in Phuket a taxi driver demanded a fare of 300 Thai baht for less than a mile. There are […]
‘BUT IT’S A CAT AND MOUSE GAME!’ Flying Sporran’s Showbiz Diary Just thought I would let the Rihanna sensation in Thailand calm down a bit before adding my twopence. I have seen so much of her rear in the last few days I am convinced this is possibly the media way to go. If you […]
‘I never thought it would come this far; but Phuket is now worse than Pattaya!’ – German Consul. If that’s bad – wait until you get to the Gomorrah of Tawdry Overindulgence! Flying Sporran’s Midweek Diary Do television crews filming in Phuket now require an armed guard? Oh dear, Phuket’s international reputation as a rip-off […]
DID BRIT CUSTOMERS SPONTANEOUSLY ATTACK? DID AUSSIE GO ARMED WITH PEPPER SPRAY? – OR IS THERE SOMETHING MORE TO THIS? A simple story of everyday folk in Phuket. PLUS The Flying Sporran’s Wining and Dining Section. October 6 2012. Some controversy is raging in Rawai , Phuket, where British ‘fund manager’ Neal Davies known by the nickname […]
From Andrew Drummond, Bangkok August 17 2012 Daily Mail A fire in a discotheque on the Thai holiday island of Phuket in which four revelers were burned to death beyond recognition took place nearly two hours after the club should have been legally closed. Today as officials in Patong on the holiday island of Phuket […]
A Flying Sporran Environmental Report July 27 2012 If this story has seems like it comes out of Disneyland well its true it has fairy tale dimensions. Additionally, behind Thailand’s Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission’s investigation into land grabs on the holiday island of Phuket there is an American, who, funnily enough provided ‘image support’ for Disney’s ‘The Lion King’. […]
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.