A SWISS man has been arrested for allegedly luring a 14-year-old boy to Patong Beach and sexually assaulting him with Phuket police having charged him with three serious offences and are opposing bail, TV Channel 7 said today (July 21). The boy’s mother had contacted Ms. Paveena Hongsakul, president of Paveena Foundation for Children
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Foreigner who assaulted Phuket doctor gets jail
REGION 8 Appeals Court today (May 23) overturned the lower court’s verdict dismissing a case against a Swiss man on charges of having kicked a Thai woman doctor as she sat on the stairs leading from his villa to Phuket’s Cape Yamu beach in February last year and sentenced him to one month in
Read moreActress’s brother not settling with foreigner who bashed him up
POPULAR Thai actress Ms. Chalida Vijitvongthong’s younger brother refused to negotiate with a Russian man who had assaulted him after he stepped in to help a restaurant employee he was bashing up, Thai Rath newspaper said this evening (Sept. 30). Mr. Rachai Vijitvongthong, 29, was kicked and punched by the unidentified deaf Russian man
Read moreWoman attacked with grass shears by drunk brother-in-law
A THAI woman was severely cut on her chin with grass shears which her brother-in-law used to attack her after she scolded him for drinking alcohol, Naewna newspaper said this morning (Sep. 28). At 5 p.m. yesterday Pol. Lt. Col. Nattapol Khamseeta, an investigator at Bang Bua Thong police station, Nonthaburi, was notified of
Read moreCase against Swiss man charged with ‘kicking’ doctor dismissed
A THAI court has dismissed the case against a Swiss man who was accused by a Thai woman doctor of having kicked her as she sat on the stairs leading from his villa to Cape Yamu beach in Phuket last February, Sanook.com and Naewna newspaper said today (Sept. 3). It was reported that the
Read moreHot-tempered neighbour slaps teenager for unfriending him on Facebook
A TEENAGE girl who was wearing her school uniform was this morning (July 23) slapped in her house by a neighbour because he was angry at her for having unfriended him on Facebook, TV Channel 7 said. The unnamed victim complained to a popular influencer who goes by the nickname Kan Jom Phalang, with
Read moreKiwi brothers slapped with 5 charges for assaulting Phuket policeman
TWO BROTHERS from New Zealand who tried to snatch a Phuket policeman’s pistol during a tussle after they were chased and stopped for speeding on their motorcycles face five charges, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon (Mar. 18). After a meeting attended by Phuket Governor Sophon Suwannarat and Phuket Provincial Police Commander Pol. Maj.
Read moreForeigners assault Phuket policeman after being chased over traffic violation
TWO motorcycle-riding foreign men refused to stop when hailed to do so by a Phuket traffic policeman instead zoomed ahead and upon finally being caught assaulted the officer, locking him in a chokehold, with a shot being fired from his pistol as they fought over the firearm, Amarin TV said today (Mar. 17). This
Read moreSwiss man charged with assaulting Thai woman at hypermart
ANOTHER Swiss man has been charged with assaulting a Thai woman plus not cooperating with the police by refusing to be fingerprinted and signing documents in southern Trang province last evening, Amarin TV said today (Mar. 6). The Swiss man, Mr. Dieter Matthias Strausmann, 62, who is residing in this southern city on a
Read moreSenior Phuket policeman ‘just a friend of a friend’ of Swiss man facing charges
IN INVESTIGATING whether any policemen in Phuket were involved in the case about a Swiss businessman who allegedly kicked a female doctor Provincial Police Commander Pol. Maj. Gen. Sinlert Sukhum said a senior policeman seen in a couple of photos socialising with him is just a friend of a friend, TV Channel 7 said
Read morePM: Don’t fan anger over foreigner kicking female doctor
PRIME MINISTER Srettha Thavisin today (Mar. 3) urged the public not to verbally escalate a Swiss man having kicked a female Thai doctor as she sat watching the moon on the steps leading from his villa to Phuket’s Cape Yamu beach on the night Feb. 29, Amarin TV said. Dr. Thandao Chandam, attached to
Read moreTeen’s friend says she willingly went with Somrak
AFTER famous former boxing champ Mr. Somrak Khamsing was charged with four counts for allegedly sexually assaulting a teenage girl late last night, a friend of this girl who was with her at the Khon Kaen pub where they met last Saturday (Dec. 9) said she willingly went with him, Naewna newspaper said this
Read moreHotel CCTV shows Somrak and teen girl walking in hand in hand
SURVEILLANCE camera clips at a hotel in Khon Kaen where famous former boxing champ Mr. Somrak Khamsing took a teen girl from a pub they earlier met show them walking in hand in hand and the girl not asking for help even though she later accused him of sexual assault, Matichon and Khao Sod
Read moreUK police investigate sexual assault report after Russell Brand allegations
By Christian Edwards, CNN LONDON’S Metropolitan Police said on Monday (Sep. 18) they were investigating an allegation of sexual assault in 2003, after a joint investigation into the comedian and actor Russell Brand by three British media outlets was published on Saturday. The Sunday Times, The Times and Channel 4’s “Dispatches” published an investigation
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