The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is considering helping Thailand set up ‘Rape Crisis Centres’ after disturbing sexual abuse reports received from British women in the country. A British Embassy spokeswoman said in Bangkok she could not discuss individual cases but could confirm that the FCO was considering whether ‘crisis centres’ similar to the UK’s ‘Sexual Assault Referral Centres’ could be …
British Coroner Queries Chiang Mai Death Plunge
An English coroner has expressed dissatisfaction with a Thai police report on the death of 40-yr-old Yorkshireman Edward Fairburn who fell from the Centara Group’s Duangtawan Hotel in Chiang Mail last year. Halifax Coroner Roger Whittaker said: ‘I have grave concerns over the lack of information I have particularly in relation to how Mr Fairburn came by his death. ‘It …
Belfast Man Gets Life For Drugs Dealing In Thailand
A Belfast man was yesterday sentenced to life imprisonment for drugs dealing in Thailand despite protests from his family that he had been framed. Tommy McAuley, from Belfast’s Shankhill Road, but an Irish passport holder, failed to convince judges at Pattaya Criminal Court that he was innocent. Tommy McAuley after his arrested Tommy McAuley after his arrested McAuley, 49, had …
Scots Woman Mugged In Bangkok Woman Loses Her Fight For Life
Murder hunts as Scots woman loses fight for life in Bangkok From Andrew Drummond, Bangkok An Inverness woman who was mugged in Thailand a week ago last Saturday has lost her fight for life in a Bangkok hospital. Lydia Riach, 58, was pronounced dead at the police hospital in Bangkok at 11.44 last night (Sunday) her cremation will be held …
The Thai Assassination Of A Canadian Husband
A Thai court today jailed for life a Thai wife, her lover, and a professional hit man for the avaricious murder of her Canadian husband. Dale Henry, 48, was murdered on the orders of his 27-yr-old wife Maneerat nicknamed ‘Nee’, the court found. She had conspired with her boyfriend Amornsak Ketkaew, and hired a professional killer Jinda Sae Tee, who …