2010
Scot Saved By The Hand Of A Thai Angel
FROM ANDREW DRUMMOND, BANGKOK, FEBRUARY 27 2010A SCOTS engineer said to have weeks to live has stunned doctors by making a recovery – helped by his Thai partner.Allan Hyne , 64, is to be discharged from a hospital in Thailand having got over a brain bug, which left him in a coma.Last week his family, […]
Jet Ski Thugs ' A Disgrace To Thailand' Says Injured Ex-Para
First the Royal Marines: – Now retired ‘Para’ is struck down in Thailand’s jet ski warFrom ANDREW DRUMMOND , BANGKOK, February 20 2010A 61-yr-old retired paratrooper from Walsall has become the latest victim in a ‘jet ski war’ which has claimed hundreds of tourist victims in Thailand.Last night David Marshall, a former Sergeant in (2 […]
Birdman Of Dagenham Faces Himalayan Grounding
NB: Parahawking continues in Nepal despite the threat. For up to date information contact Scott Mason through his website – www.parahawking.comLink to Daily MailLink to Evening StandardPictures: Scott MasonFrom Andrew Drummond, Bangkok, February 17 2010Londoner Scott Mason, the ‘Birdman of Dagenham’, who runs a vulture rescue centre in the Himalayas, today faced being shut down […]
British 'Diplomatic Note' Over Possible Abduction
From Andrew Drummond, Bangkok, Monday February 15 2010The British Foreign Office has issued a diplomatic note to the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs covering a letter expressing fears that an attempt made be made to abduct an 11-yr-old pupil at an international school in Bangkok. The move followed a complaint by John Goodman, 50, the Bangkok based […]
British Drug Baron’s Luxury Thai Life On The Run – Updated
From Andrew Drummond, Bangkok, Feb 7 2009 GANGLAND IN HUA HIN (CNTD) Pictures by Andrew Chant and Hua Hin News A wealthy Briton who skipped bail during his high profile trial for drugs dealing has been able to live the ‘high life’ in Thailand due to incompetence and bungling by police and the Crown Prosecution Service. Darren Oxley, who […]
I Did Not Kill Teenagers – Says Retired British 'Banker'
A retired British banker told yesterday how he raced against death after two gunmen ambushed him and his family on an isolated road in the Philippines. But the former RBS-Natwest executive denied reports that he was responsible for the deaths of the two teenagers, aged 17, and 19, who were later found dead at the […]
On Her Majesty's Pattaya Service – Continued – UPDATED
UPDATE: Peter Storrow was discharged of his bankruptcy on May 24 2010 So there I was singing ‘The wheels of the buss go round round, round, round’ to daughter Annie when my computer whirrs, coughs, spits, rings a bell and up comes that name again, flashing on screen…Peter Storrow. Readers of this blog will remember […]
Newspaper You Can Trust Would Not Say Boo To A Goose (03/09)
THOUSANDS OF IDIOTS DETECTED Blog only Knock! Knock! Anybody there?They don’t get it do they. The total combined intellect of the Bangkok Post has not yet cottoned on to the fact that the GT-200 is a total hoax, as are the Sniffex, ADE651, and Alpha 6 bomb/drugs/ insurgent detectors which Thailand has bought by the cart-load. I […]
British Banker Ambushed By Gunmen – Two Dead
From Andrew Drummond, Bangkok, Feb 2 2009 An elderly Briton, who described himself as a retired banker, said he ran down two teenagers killing them both when they ambushed him with a gun on the island of Cebu in the Philippines, police said today. In a bid to protect his 28-yr-old Filipina wife Juriza, and […]
Ouch! First Salvo In Pattaya Newspaper War?
BUT TRUCE NOW DECLARED!Blog Only(UPDATED July 2010)Pattaya Times accused Pattaya People boss of involvement in ‘gold share scam’ – then ‘withdraws’ allegation.Pattaya Daily News publishes link to ‘criminal record’ of Pattaya People boss – then withdraws link. The first shots have been be fired in a Pattaya newspaper war. A new-comer on the scene, ‘The Pattaya Times’ engineered by an […]
