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British journalist has been jailed – Aussie conman tells businessmen in Poland

Aussie conman David Tyson exposed here on these pages for his Global -I-Care scam and property sharp dealing on the island of  Phuket has surfaced again – this time in Poland. After trying similar scams out in Vietnam he moved on to Britain, France and Germany and is now hobnobbing with politicians and businessmen in […]

EXTRADITED BRIT GETS 25 YEARS JAIL FOR MURDER OF FORMER US MARINE

Thursday, November 28, 2013 A British kick boxer who stabbed a U.S. Marine to death in Thailand was today jailed for 25 years on the Thai holiday island of Phuket. Lee Aldhouse, nicknamed ‘Pitbull’ , who was the first Briton ever to be extradited from the UK to face trial in Thailand, had pleaded guilty […]

THAI PROTEST MOVES ON TO HOLIDAY ISLANDS –

TRANG, PHUKET FALL – KRABI, SAMUI TO FOLLOW (Picture Andy Mitchell) Anti-Government protesters spread their protest to Thailand’s holiday islands today taking over the provincial administrative buildings on the island of Phuket. This follow the occupation last night of the provincial offices of Trang and now 77 districts, which include the holiday island of Koh […]

Thai Police Arrest Thai Sex Show Man Who Provided Cabaret For Rihanna –

WOMAN WHO PRODUCED MENAGERIE GOES FREE Police in Thailand have arrested the manager of a bar where rock star Rihanna saw a sex show. On the same evening that the venue was visited by the chief of police on the holiday island of Phuket, and the Provincial Governor local police took into custody the owner […]

He kidnapped, indecently assaulted, and cheated freshly arrived tourist all the while on booze and Ya Baa

 BUT PHUKET TAXI DRIVER WALKS FREE.- The Thai island of Phuket is notorious for its wayward taxi and tuk tuk drivers. Consular officials have been complaining for years about the rip-offs. The last time I was in Phuket a taxi driver demanded a fare of 300 Thai baht for less than a mile. There are […]

Rihanna in Thailand – the unexpurgated truth – One bird, two turtles, and slow loris acquitted

‘BUT IT’S A CAT AND MOUSE GAME!’ Flying Sporran’s Showbiz Diary Just thought I would let the Rihanna sensation in Thailand calm down a bit before adding my twopence.  I have seen so much of her rear in the last few days I am convinced this is possibly the media way to go. If you […]

IN THE GRIP OF THE MAFIA

‘I never thought it would come this far; but Phuket is now worse than Pattaya!’ – German Consul. If that’s bad – wait until you get to the Gomorrah of Tawdry Overindulgence! Flying Sporran’s Midweek Diary Do television crews filming in Phuket now require an armed guard? Oh dear, Phuket’s international reputation as a rip-off […]

Fists, Pepper Spray And a Chair Flies In Phuket As The Penguin Makes Another Bar Escape

DID BRIT CUSTOMERS SPONTANEOUSLY ATTACK? DID AUSSIE GO ARMED WITH PEPPER SPRAY? – OR IS THERE SOMETHING MORE TO THIS? A simple story of everyday folk in Phuket. PLUS  The Flying Sporran’s Wining and Dining Section. October 6 2012. Some controversy is raging in Rawai , Phuket, where British ‘fund manager’ Neal Davies known by the nickname […]

Death disco was operating beyond normal hours – but 'legal'

From Andrew Drummond, Bangkok August 17 2012 Daily Mail A fire in a discotheque on the Thai holiday island of Phuket in which four revelers were burned to death beyond recognition took place nearly two hours after the club should have been legally closed. Today as officials in Patong on the holiday island of Phuket […]

SCANDAL OF THAILAND’S NATURE DEFYING ISLAND

A Flying Sporran Environmental Report   July 27 2012   If this story has seems like it comes out of Disneyland well its true it has fairy tale dimensions. Additionally, behind Thailand’s Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission’s investigation into land grabs on the holiday island of Phuket there is an American, who, funnily enough provided ‘image support’ for Disney’s ‘The Lion King’. […]