‘DAVID AND GOLIATH’ CASE
Thailand’s most famous ‘fake lawyer’ Brian Goudie, a former jail bird also known as Brian Goldie has announced he is suing Google Inc. and Google Thailand in what he describes as a ‘David and Goliath’ landmark case.
Using pictures stolen from Google and placed on his Google.Blogspot site the Scottish former convict who did time in Hakea Prison, Western Australia, says he is filing cases in Bangkok Criminal Court in Thailand on behalf of himself, American #DrewNoyes, and #DavidHanks.
Not only that but he will be pursuing cases in Australian, the United States, and the United Kingdom, and never mind the expense.
He has, he says, recruited a top internet expert, so I am assuming its the same guy who taught Jimmy Savile’s chauffeur.
Goudie announced:“Over the past few weeks, my friends David Hanks, Drew Noyes and I have been subjected to an incredible campaign of internet harassment, and we have decided to take decisive action to put a stop to it.
“David, Drew and I have had articles posted on the internet, then swathes of disgraceful comments are made by anonymous posters. These posters hide behind internet profiles with made up names.”
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| Goudie falsely claimed to be a barrister and officer in the Royal Marines |
He also states:
“Fake Facebook profiles, fake WordPress blogs, fake Blogger sites, fake Google Plus profiles – the lot!
“It comes under the umbrella name of ‘internet harrassment’ or ‘cyber harrassment’. It is a criminal offence in most countries, but difficult to identify offenders”.
The 47-year-old Scot, who had a warrant of arrest issued against him in Scotland for a fraud against the Bank of Scotland in 1994 and who was jailed for six years in Australia in 2002 for stealing AUS$400,000 plus from his employee, seems unable to see the irony of his action.
He does not name any of the alleged fake sites. But here we do not hide.
Brian Goudie at the moment operates www.briangoudie.blogspot.com and casewatchasia.blogspot.com.
He creates blogspot sites to commit extensive libels and removes them at will. Currently he is libeling a former client, who he conned into believing he was an actual lawyer, whom he reported to the police when he heard a warrant was out for his arrest. His client was actually found not guilty at his trial after getting a real lawyer and has been released by Thailand’s Supreme Court.(See Letter Below)
He does not appear to understand irony. Using pictures lifted from ‘Google’ of Google founders Larry Page and Sergei Brin and of course the owner of this site he announces action against them.
You can watch this video to see how he set up his client Ian Tracy, who was arrested on a charge of child sexual in a case of mistaken identity. He tells two other clients (who are later to bring a case against him too) how she shopped Tracey to police. He never told Tracey of course and expressed horror at his arrest and said he would get him out of jail deliberately bothching the appeal.
But Goodie is no lawyer. He is an internet warrior and fraudster who has been harassing people in exactly the way he accuses of others of doing.
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| Opening titles on ‘Serial Swindlers’ |
Goudie, who is currently the subject of one documentary in a 13 part series called ‘Serious Swindlers’ trawled the courts and Pattaya prison looking for clients.
In a criminal case in Pattaya he has had to hand back a condominium he conned out of a client in lieu of his ‘barristers’’ fees. In another case at the moment in the same court he has been charged with defrauding a 75-year old American woman out of 7.9 million Thai baht and is trying to pay back from the proceeds of another client Ulster drugs trafficker Jimmy ‘Doc’ Halliday.
His Google blogspots sites include: casewatchasia.blogspot.com and in the past which copies the format of this site and contains stories merely detailing actions he and his friends were taking.
With Drew Noyes he also operates andrew-drummond-watch.blogspot.com which allege Drummond is a criminal and his press credentials have been removed in Thailand. Both Goudie and Noyes are subject to legal action.
#BrianGoudie previously took two cases against Andrew Drummond but failed to turn up in court. They were in relation to a story Drummond wrote which was published in the Sunday Mail in Scotland. He claimed he was suing the Sunday Mail but he did not of course as he did not have a case.
#DrewNoyes has a wide variety of blogspot sites. They include Andrew-drummond-watch.blogspot.com and andrewdrummondanddrewnoyes.com. All could be subject to libel proceedings if people could be bothered.
#DrewNoyes was exposed in the United States of America by the Morning Star newspaper in North Carolina (see pages and 1 and 3) before coming to Thailand where he too advertised himself as a lawyer.
He is currently on trial for extortion, together with his wife #WanrapaBoonsu, of the Thonglor Clinic, Jomtien, allegedly demanding 7 million baht to stop a police raid on their premises, and subsequent bad publicity in his now defunct ‘Pattaya Times’ newspaper.
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| Noyes and Wanrapa on their arrest for extortion |
He claims he has sold the paper but there have been no buyers. His newspaper remains on the internet and is a compendium of stories libeling his perceived enemies. He is also in the civil court accused of defrauding Dutchman #Theovanderschaaf out of 2.5 million Thai baht…more than £50,000.
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| Hanks |
David John Hanks, 66, is the former licence holder of the #Masquerades Brothel in Melbroune, Australia.
Out of 15 cases brought against him by Noyes, Goudie and #DavidHanks, Drummond has lost one. This does not relate to anything he wrote but to a poster who called Hanks a ‘pimp’.
This is being appealed on the grounds among others that the word pimp was mistranslated in Thai and having been shown the documents from the Australian Securities and Investment Commission he was forced to admit he was indeed the former owner of the brothel.
Hanks is now on police bail along with four others after a DSI investigation into racketeering in Pattaya. He is accused of money lending to Russians at 60 per cent per month.
Goudie seems buoyed by the recent European court ‘Right to be Forgotten’ case in which the court ruled should delete links to the fact that a Spaniard owed money years ago to someone – but the matter had been resolved. The court did however rule that the original article could stay.
This of course cannot be compared to a journalist investigating the dubious pasts of people who come to Thailand and fake their own backgrounds to fool other foreigners.
Nevertheless it is going to be a ruling which will be challenged worldwide.
However Goudie says:
” We are extremely fortunate to have been offered assistance by a well know ‘internet consultant’ who has had running battles with Google for some time, and his involvement will be announced later in the month as the proceedings start to move.
The proceedings in Thailand are just the start, tandem proceedings are expected in the US, UK and Australia – we are going to be busy. (Well there is at least one country here Goudie will not be going back to)
And before Drummond and his supporters start screaming and cackling – yes we know what we are doing, and who we are taking on, and how much money they have.
In fact, one of the lawyers laughed this morning and said this will be a real David (Hanks) and Goliath battle.” (but he still took the money)
Goudie, alias #BrianGoldie then uses an illustration acquired in a Google search of, er, David and Goliath. But its hard to see the obese Hanks as a diminutive David.
He is in internet trouble himself. A former girlfriend and employee has lodged a complaint with the Crime Suppression Division alleging that he posted pictures on the internet of a pornographic variety – taken while they were a couple.
Goudie has not answered those complaints. However in relation to anothet ex-girlfriend whose pictures he has put on the net of her kissing him he says on his blogspot.com:
“The photos were posted when we were together! They are ours, we are entitled to post them
xxxx is a fantastic girl, just has had a few ‘blips’ in her path in life before she met me – but if she ever needs anything she knows who to ask”.
She has now rid herself of the big blip in her life.
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| Sgt Glenn Lammonby |
In the series ‘Serial Swindlers’ the programme makers although starting and ending in Thailand make much good use of material obtained in Australia with some remarkable comments from a former girlfriend.
Most of the swindlers in the series however appear to be a lot smarter then Goudie. Many make millions and get to spend them.
Goudie had to give back cash and a cabin cruiser in Australia as well as doing time, then a condo in Bangkok to Briton John Jepson, and now he is having to give back his former ‘Jaggie Thistle’ pub to get off charges of fraud and embezzlement in Pattaya brought by 76-year-old Barbara Fannelli Miller, while remaining totally unaware of some outside forces at play.
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| Promo for the ‘Serial Swindlers’ * series already broadcasting in North America |
A hilarious moment comes when an ex-girlfriend
talks about the green beret he cherished and his old war wound in his groin. His reaction to anyone who might suggest he had done something wrong was great indignancy ‘How dare he?’
Australian police did not think his theft from Fluor Daniel – a mining company – was very smart. It did not require much detective work. He just altered and put company cheques into his own bank account! Duh!
An ex-girlfriend recalled that as long as she reminded him how smart he was the relationship was fine, but the moment she questioned his intelligence and called him stupid there was hell to pay. Remember this policeman above Brian? Rating ****
AND FINALLY A LETTER FROM IAN TRACY – Another client mentioned above whom Goudie, posing as a barrister took to the cleaners: This letter has had to be edited. Ian Tracey spent eight months in custody after Goudie shopped him to police for an offence he did not commit. He is understandably angry.
The boy involved testified that the police had arrested the wrong person.
I had previously been unable to find a lawyer who would sue without me having to part with a couple of million baht, so I gratefully accepted. Any suggestion by Brian that he doesn’t know all of the details or if I was innocent is utter bullxxxx.
Neither I or my lawyer had received any notification of proceedings. The documents showed that numerous summonses had been sent to an address I had not lived at since June 2007.
Court officials went to the house and were told the house had been empty for three years. So what did they do? they posted a summons on the wall of the house and told the appeal court I had been informed! Thai law very clearly states that this is not a lawful practice when the person is not a permanent resident and citizen of Thailand.
He went to police and had them arrest me and throw me in jail to get me out of the way, and entered a rubbish appeal (while pretending to be my friend. At the time I did not know it was Goudie who told police) that was guaranteed to keep me out of the way while he robbed her of 9 Million Baht.
This story is verified by Goudie’s former assistant.
Although implied, but possibly missed by some readers, I believe the real irony is that HIS websites are technically owned by Google. The company he is suing. Google owns the blogspot.com domain name and the servers that host and run the sub domains such briangoudie.blogspot.com and casewatchasia.blogspot.com. When he signed the Google terms of agreement I doubt appropriate usage included suing Google … (smile). To me its like going to a friend's house, eat for free, and then sue the host because someone said something negative at the dinner table, after you said a lot of negative things too. Google is a host and as far as liability goes is limited to very few well defined areas such as drug trafficking, child pornography, hate racist comments, etc. The fact that Goudie is still allowed to use Google's free services should show the lack of concern or awareness expressed by Google regarding this Thailand Landmark case.
I think the real irony Observer is that Brian has yet to have a judge determine there's unlawful material about him on the net or that a judge has determined that Brian has been harassed on the internet over in Thailand or anywhere else. It seems the brilliant legal team of Goudie and Idiots have forgotten that minor detail. I'm guessing Google won't.
After all, if Goudie or Goldie can't beat Drummond's legal team, I'm guessing the Google legal team will eat Brian and his team of legal team like popcorn at a cheap matinee.
Google probably has the pull over in Thailand to have the government start checking into the background of the Three Stooges. I'm guessing the people at Google know the head of the DSI very well and could ask a favor or two, much like Goudie or Noyes and the Dongtan police, just on a millions of baht scale versus a bottle of Johnny scale. I'm betting Google could even inspire the Thai law enforcement/judicial system to take action against convicted criminals that are in our midst. Brian, have you been convicted of any crimes recently?
I'm guessing Brian and his merry band of idiots would just love hearing their backgrounds coming up in court in relation to what's been said by whom on the net. Heck, who knows, maybe then the DSI will start looking into "known associates" and the like. Remember, the even the Russian mafia doesn't trump Youtube when the head of DSI's daughter is wanting to watch her videos.
Good luck with that, Brian and your little buddy David. It's good to hear you're helping your buddy Drew in Patters out as well, he needs someone like you to think for him. I hope it works out well for a convicted fraudster, thief and swindler to get cash from Google because he was reported to be a fraudster, thief and swindler and that report showed up on Google.
Now, what would be cool is if the owner of this site filed a defamation suit against Goudie for suggesting there is illegal content on this site.
David and Goliath? David had the good guys supposedly on his side. You've got your friends, Jack and Sh_t_.
I see David Cavanagh the "internet marketeer" seems to have popped into the limelight again, I also notice Drew Noyes website features the Trademark David Cavanagh Academy marketing scheme – the famous 'paper, hand and artwork' video on his one stop shite shop website, the kind of marketing I personally associate with scams such as "Lose weight fast", "How I have sex every night with stunning women", "How I made a Million in just 2 months" and "grow your hair back" types of promos.. All clearly aimed at the naive (incidentally Drew's target internet audience)..
Very revealing comments from Brian's ex-girlfriend about his need for constant praise. This fits the profile of the child who could never please his parents and was constantly put down by them. The abused child often retreats into a fantasy world and Brian has created a number of different persona's he uses in a desperate attempt to shore up his brittle self-image.
First there was the war hero, the marine commando, leading men into battle. Then it became the Barrister, the intelligent, wordy, lawyer fighting for the rights of the legally downtrodden. Both these imaginary characters were created to hide the real Brian Goldie. A scared, angry and emotionally damaged man who obviously has no real self confidence. A shallow and weak man who doesn't possess either the character or intellect needed to enter the armed forces or legal profession.
Behind the shallow facade is a very disturbed individual. A deeply flawed man who preys on the weakest members of society with his devious scams. The real Brian is readily seen behind the load boasting and puerile threats. The truth is Brian has always tried to run from his problems – but you cannot run from yourself.
Brian doesn't fool or scare me. All I see is a deluded little boy who never fully developed mentally. This is why he runs away instead of admitting his wrong doings and accepting his punishment like a man. This is why he is a transient and cannot hold down a lasting relationship. This is why his only friends are fellow reprobates and career parasites. This is why he is a life-long failure and defrauding innocent or vulnerable people is his only skill.
All this shows is he has highly developed survival skills – but even the lowest gutter rat has those.
He's only writing to himself. It's a form of mental therapy it would appear.
He's the only one that would believe anything that comes out of his mouth. Even his lowlife friends wouldn't believe anything he had to say.
So why bother? It's therapy.
NEWSFLASH: Drew Noyes has offered to end the curfew in Thailand and head a new Govt party. In dramatic fashion, the intrepid would-be "Saviour of Siam" planned to parachute into the centre of Bangkok wearing a designer suit from an exclusive Beach Rd vendor and deliver a key-note speech. However, without a plane, parachute or the courage to jump, this idea was abandoned in favor of a more low key arrival on a rented Honda Wave 50. The self styled, self obsessed and sartorially challenged American, once a celebrity Radio host in the US with over 35 regular listeners, likened his vision for a new Thailand to the 2nd coming of Christ. Furthermore, his manifesto for restoring peace to the South East Asian peninsula bordered on the miraculous. Promises of free legal advice and sound financial planning, together with a cabinet made up of law-abiding and honest pattaya pseudo lawyers, seems very attractive to at least one supporter. That particular supporter is none other than Noyes' aide-de-camp, Brian "Golden Balls" Goudie, who went looking for treasure in Australia and struck fool's gold. Looking post-op, Goudie plans to be the new PM promising free legal advice and sound financial planning. So things are looking up for Thailand if the deluded duo's plans come to fruition. The Army Chief of Thailand, currently in Bangkok, was unavailable for comment but his press secretary was mightily impressed with the proposal. More to follow.
I'd reckon that if Goudie has the money to splash about paying for lawyers around the world, I'm guessing he's got the money to pay Mrs. Miller the money he owes her.
Maybe it's something that Mrs. Miller's lawyers should look into.
Just when he thinks he's got Thai law off pat – its been suspended. Now he has to go back to the 1914 law books and look up military law. As military law is in place now perhaps he could refer to his Royal Marines service manual. He can now be court martialled btw – but then of course so can the press.
Dont worry – he'll try not to spend any money – thats for Noyes and Hanks
In his latest posting Brian has swung back into victim mode.
Quote- Initially it was very embarassing, especially the fake photos, and did a great deal of damage to my life and business.
## What business would that be Brian? The bogus law firm where you were pretending to be a lawyer or the beer bar you swindled a dying man out of? Conning people is not usually called a 'business' unless used with the word 'dirty.'
Quote- I took the owner of the 'news' site to Court, and the harassment increased, with the fake profiles commenting on the 'news' site also leaving comments on my Facebook, Google Plus and Blogger posts. Many of the comments can only be described as disgusting.
## What really is disgusting is a deviant who posts private, intimate pictures of his former partner on a porn site. A cockroach who cheats an old lady out of her life savings. A snitching rat who gets an innocent person thrown in jail for trying to protect an old lady from his lies and greed.
The same disgusting vermin who has lied, cheated and stolen his way through life until exposed by a man unafraid of his despicable threats and vexatious lawsuits.
Brian is so removed from reality he still cannot see he has no credibility whatsoever. Deep inside he would know how pathetic and puerile he is. He is just a bottom feeder who now exposed wants to cry and play victim now his dirty deeds are online for everybody to see. Truly a pathetic creature.
I took the owner of the news site and the harrassment increased. Did he not mentioned that the case he brought against me were dismissed? Poor boy.
Victim mode indeed. Noyes plays the same pathetic game. Did a job on fellow American Larry from Secrets Agogo. Noyes used his newspaper to act righteous while forgetting about the previously owned beer bars in Duck Square and in Soi 2 Pattaya. Forgot about Cupids? Feigned offence at such a businees that he was quite happy about profiting himself.
Then we have Brian who recently called 2 thai women prostitutes, seemed to forget about his friends from Misty's and the Buffalo Bar.
Now Brian, how did the years in jail affect your business and life? And your sex life?
And then we have the Plastic man that owned/ran a brothel providing Asian hotties with his friend Stevo, who also feigns being offended. Now David, i am needing some furniture repaired. Where exactly is this business that you claimed in court you had. Where is the premises? What about a website with some details and maybe some photos of some of the work you you claimed you do. You didn't make up that story did you david? Or did you? And pleeease keep your shirt on in public. Your pasty complexion is the last thing any of us wants to be subjected to.
Andrew I love the new Chicken hearts graphic. Was this thought up after you followed Brian and David in your car and they went running to the police on Pattaya's gay beach to "snitch" on you?
Don't forget….
Whilst GOLDIE is spouting his drivel about being a victim and owning the copyright to photos (photos that where and still are in the public domain)….this known and well documented associate of paedophiles (come on Brian try to sue me about that) down loaded and displayed photos on my infant daughter on Flicker and G+…now this is a worthless sick disturbed individual….
Is there any truth to the emerging story that Mr Tracey has not been cleared and is merely on bail pending appeal, but his conviction for child abuse stands?
And under Thai law is it not true that any person is required by law to inform the police of the whereabouts of a person the subject of an arrest warrant?
While this story is sensational labelling Goudie as a 'snitch' is certainly not accurate in these circumstances as he would be required by law to inform the police or instruct his staff to do so.
If it is true that this man was/is a convicted child abuser (until the Supreme Court says otherwise) should he not have surrendered? He freely admits he was aware of the warrant for his arrest.
Is there more to this story?