The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) yesterday arrested a British convict, who was fleeing a 14-month jail sentence for sexually molesting minors in England and was laying low in Pattaya City. After receiving a request from the British Embassy to hunt down Kevin Victor Rider, 49, the DSI found the man in a house in […]
A SYDNEY man could face the death penalty in Thailand after being arrested allegedly in possession of 2.2kg of cocaine. The 47-year-old was arrested in Bangkok on November 30, along with a British man, 59, after a police sting. Police allege he was trafficking the drugs. The man is receiving help from Australian consular officials. […]
BRITISH kickboxer Lee Aldhouse, wanted for murder on Phuket, will appear before a video extradition hearing this week, a British newspaper reports. Aldhouse, 28, suspected of knifing to death former US Marine DaShawn Longfellow in the early hours of August 14 after losing a bar fight, is to appear before magistrates by videolink from Wandsworth […]
British passport holders arriving by air may enter Thailand for 30 days without obtaining a visa in advance of arrival. However, those arriving at overland crossings will only be given visa free entry valid for 15 days. If you plan to stay in Thailand for longer than the time endorsed on arrival, or you intend […]
BANGKOK, Sept. 20 (UPI) — Leaders of the Red Shirt opposition movement in Thailand called on a deputy leader to mediate talks between rival parties, the government announced Monday. The British government last week issued a travel warning for parts of Thailand out of fear that Red Shirt demonstrations could turn violent. The so-called Red […]
LONDON, Sept. 17 (UPI) — British nationals are advised against traveling near large gatherings in Bangkok through Sunday as Red Shirt demonstrations could turn violent, London warned. The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office said so-called Red Shirt protesters are preparing demonstrations in Bangkok and Chiang Mai to mark the anniversary of a 2006 coup. The […]
A BRITISH tourist has died alone in a room at a no-name Phuket bungalow. His body was found this morning by a maid who came to clean his room in the beachside resort of Karon. Police believe the man, aged 54, had probably been dead for two days. Early indications were that he may have […]
Young Tooting man paralysed and stranded in Thailand A salesman from Tooting is stranded in a Thai hospital after he was paralysed in a crash and did not have insurance. Tom Moss, 27, was left blind and unable to move from the neck down after his moped was hit by two cars and a lorry […]
