ON BAIL AND SELLING UP IN PATTAYA – BRIT SEAN TINSLEY
Andrew Drummond
Feb 18, 2016
MAN CONVICTED OF VICIOUS ASSAULT ON ENGLISH SCHOOL-TEACHER SELLS UP ON APPEAL
Sean Tinsley, (left) the visa agent convicted of assaulting the Head of English at an International School in Pattaya, on Thailand’s eastern seaboard, has been busy packing his belongings while on bail appealing to the Supreme Court.
Tinsley was found guilty at the Appeal Court of assault, jailed for six years and ordered to pay 6.2 million baht – £114,000. He had earlier been acquitted of attempted murder.
The victim Adam Pickles, 43, head of English at the International School of the Regents, was put in a coma for years after the attack in 2012Today, says his mother Adele, he can still only sometimes move his fingers and toes and open his eyes and continues to receive round the clock care.
Tinsley’s dodgy visa deals were exposed on this site.
It is believed he attacked Pickles after Pickles, from Leeds, scraped Tinsley’s car while parking.
Originally from Wolverhampton, Tinsley has had his motor-cycle, car and home (below left) up for sale in Pattaya. This is at a time when the market is very depressed.
Can it be that he is raising cash to pay that fine? Not likely. That is not due until the Supreme Court rules – and that could be a while.
No, that sounds like he does not believe he is innocent or at least he does not believe the Supreme Court will find in his favour.
So expect a runner on this one. The Pattaya Court is understood to have set bail at over 1 million baht which is a tidy sum which the court gets to keep if he runs. In the Appeal Court judgment the family gets compensation.
The court has already had to issue warrants of arrest for Brian Goudie and Drew Noyes, who historically, are well known runners, and of course well known to readers of this site.
But Tinsley has a long history co-operating with the authorities especially at the Immigration Department and has avoided serious penalties in the past.
The Adam Pickles Fundraising page on Facebook seems to be keeping up to date with Tinsley’s activities.
UPDATE: West Yorkshire Police statement:Wednesday, 12 March 2025
Detectives investigating the murder of a man who died following a serious assault in Thailand have issued an appeal for information.
Adam Pickles, who was 48, died in January 2021 following serious injuries he sustained in an incident in the Pattaya area in May 2012.A murder investigation was opened by West Yorkshire Police following Adam’s death in West Yorkshire in January 2021, and officers are keen to hear from anyone who has information about the attack following a televised appeal on the current series of BBC Crimewatch Live, which was broadcast earlier today (Wednesday, 12 March).
Senior Investigating Officer, Detective Chief Inspector Damian Roebuck, of West Yorkshire Police’s Homicide and Major Enquiry Team, said:
“I would particularly like to hear from anyone who was in Thailand at the time of this incident.
“We believe Adam’s attacker will have confided in someone who was living there at the time about what happened, and we need that person, or those people, to come forward and tell us what they know.
“Adam suffered traumatic brain injuries in this attack. The injuries he suffered were so severe that he required round-the-clock care for the rest of his life.
“If you know of anything at all which may lead us to convicting the person who inflicted these horrendous injuries on Adam, then now is the time to come forward and tell us.“Adam’s family are determined to get justice for him, and I am committed to doing all I can to help them in their cause.”
Information can be reported to the Homicide and Major Enquiry Team on 101, or by using the live chat facility on the West Yorkshire Police website.
You can also contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111 or online.
