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This is a blog only Scripps as one of the 101 dalmations. Not your average serial killer No sooner than I thought I had put the David Carradine story to bed then out came the conspiracy theorists. As readers of this site will know, Carradine was found hanging in a cupboard in his room in the Nai Let Park Hotel […]

Thailand’s government party the People’s Power Party (PPP) today nominated a brother-in-law of exiled Premier Thaksin Shinawatra as the country’s Prime Minister, a move which could send the country spiralling into further chaos. The PPP’s choice of Somchai Wongsawat is certain to antagonise the protesters who have occupied Government House for three weeks, accusing the […]

Jungle Brit gets permission to fly home with Filipina and babyFrom Andrew Drummond, Bangkok, Wednesday August 14Pictures: Andrew Chant A Briton who fled to the jungle in the Philippines after being told he faced seven years in jail there for adultery has been given leave to return to England with his girlfriend and seven month old […]

Link to The Times storyLink to ‘Tracking Down Gary Glitter’From  Andrew Drummond, Bangkok Gary Glitter, the former rock star who was jailed for three years for abusing children in Vietnam would be deported back to Britain next, his lawyer said yesterday.The statement appeared to contradict an earlier statement by lawyer Le Than Kinh that Glitter would […]

British pensioner killed in Thailand predicted his own death – Daily Telegraph edit British man murdered by Thai bride and her lover after he predicted his own death – Daily Mail edit Link to SUN Link to SKY TV News From Andrew  DrummondSuwannaphum, Thailand- September 11 08 Photographs: Andrew Chant A retired British design engineer […]

From Andrew Drummond,  Bangkok. June 5 2009Link to Daily Mail Link to Daily Record Thai police today withdrew their suicide theory on the death of Hollywood star David Carradine and admitted that he may have died accidentally during a sex act.After a night of confusion Thai Police General said the possibility that Carradine died while indulging in […]

Link to Daily MailLink to The SUNLink to Daily Express From Andrew DrummondBangkokAugust 6 2008Disgraced former rock star Gary Glitter will be free to roam the world at will without registering as a paedophile the day he leaves jail in Vietnam, his lawyer said today.There will be no restrictions placed on Glitter, real name Paul Francis […]

This is a blog onlyI have been watching the case of Annice Smoel, the 36-yr-old woman from Melbourne, Australia, with interest – not least because publications in Australia have been ringing me for the SP.Annice Smoel has been all over the Australian press and television for the last three days because she has been charged […]

Airline officials from Quantas were last night hoping that an investigation into Friday’s incident over the South China Sea would prove that the ‘World’s Safest airline’ was not flying ‘rust buckets’.Here at Ninoy Aquino International airport the Quantas station chief Ernie Gray accompanied four members of Australia’s Air Transport Safety Bureau as they examined the […]

Of an Embassy and Brits in the sh*t  111- A never ending storyLink to Bangkok Post ‘Investigation’This is a blog only and comes with a cash saving tip for holders of expensive British passports.Warning: But it’s probably an offence to alter your British passport. Pixtures: Andrew Chant & Foreign Prisoner Support Service No sooner had I closed […]