British M.P’s Son Arrested For Drugs in Laos – Warning
The young son of a British M.P. has been arrested in Laos for drugs related offences. The incident which has been suppressed by British newspapers should however be taken as a warning to visitors to the country. People should be particularly careful in the backpacker hot spot of Vang Vien. A spectacular holiday can turn into a […]
Catch Us If You Can! Another British Consul resigns
The Flying Sporran’s Bangkok Diary July 22 2012 Gordon Bennett! The British Consulate in Pattaya – once dubbed the world’s busiest – will be holding some erratic opening hours until further notice due to the resignation of the Thai born current Vice-Consul. Leela Bennett, the big cheese in Pattaya, it is understood, wished a transfer […]
West Ham Defender Blows the Whistle On Corruption In Bali
A FLYING SPORRAN INVESTIGATION July 20 2012 Peter ‘Butts’ Butler An Australian legal firm which has been handling the defences for some of the ‘Bali 9’ has been implicated in allegations of fraud, corruption, and conspiracy on the Indonesian holiday island. Austrindo, of Kuta Beach, Bali, run by former Perth lawyer Peter Johnson, 65, been named […]
I Feel a Movement Coming On! Boiler Room Warning
A FLYING SPORRAN ADVISORY Having already been put up on a ‘watch list’ by Britain’s Financial Services Agency the boiler room ‘Springhill Group’ working out of Seoul, South Korea, is today targeting foreigners in Thailand. Today a punter in Pattaya who received initials calls and Springhill’s brochure got that special call from a Brit calling himself […]
Want a visa to Thailand – BOYO?
‘WANT A VISA BOYO?’ Briton Sean Tinsley, who was recently arrested returning from Britain and charged in connection with the attack on English school teacher Adam Pickles in Pattaya, said today he would like to tell his side of the story. But he said he needed time to clear up personal matters. The boss of ‘The […]
DRUGS, SEX, RAPE, LOADSAMONEY – BOILER ROOMS AND SALUTARY NEGLECT
A FLYING SPORRAN INVESTIGATION Warning this story includes sex, money, lots of it, alleged fit-ups and foreigners wearing surgical masks. For those who do not know what boiler rooms are, I hope this makes you better informed. For those who do not wish to drink, eat, or play sex games in a boiler room run […]
British Road Rage ‘Thug’ Arrested For Brutal Attack On International School Teacher
From ANDREW DRUMMOND, Bangkok, July 7 2012 . Pickles A 43-year-old Briton accused of the brutal road rage attack on a popular English teacher in Thailand was today (Saturday) being held in custody for attempted murder after being arrested at Bangkok International Airport. Sean Henry Tinsley had fled Thailand, it is alleged, after launching a […]
British Tourist DID Beg Bus Driver in Fatal Crash – SLOW DOWN!
FROM ANDREW DRUMMOND Bangkok Wednesday, July 04, 2012 As the death toll today role to 11 a British has woman confirmed how her boyfriend pleaded with a long distance bus driver to slow down before the fatal crash in south Thailand. Holding back tears Roberta Norton, 31 who was travelling with her partner Jonathan Bennett, 28, said […]
Pattaya People found guilty of libel. Bosses innocent
Niels Colov, Pattaya Publisher and police volunteerFrom Andrew Drummond, July 4 2012 The Pattaya People was today found guilty of criminal libel and has been ordered to pay compensation of 500,000 Thai baht to an Australian managed property company which a court ruled the newspaper had defamed. The CEO of the ‘Pattaya People’, Copenhagen man-about-town and one time […]
Kylie Minogue's 'ex' lawyer Rides In To Calm Phuket Fears – Followed byEarl of Warwick
Bangkok, July 4 2012 He never took over the family seat – sold by his father to Madame Tussauds – but Guy Greville, the current Earl of Warwick started building luxury homes to beat all on the Thai holiday island of Phuket. In fact so amazing was his new scheme for people with the odd US$5-US$10 million to […]
