Crime Asia

Fears growing for British family-of-four 'missing in Thailand'

Jade Macdonald, 40, and her partner Sunny Locke, 34, arrived with their two children, Lenny, aged four, and Rocco, aged two, in Phuket in May earlier this year.

British and Spanish dive instructors arrested on Thai island for working illegally

The six suspects were reportedly employed at two diving companies on Koh Tao island when officers raided the businesses on August 20.

British teen terrified as former friend throws firecracker into family home

The boy, 16, was about to have dinner with his Thai mother Yothaka, 42, when he heard a deafening blast in his yard in Chonburi.

British tourist, 20, arrested 'for throwing egg at food delivery rider'

Ovie Bell Abuneke, 20, reportedly attacked rider Theerapol Phonanan, 30, who was making a delivery at The Sky Sukhumvit condominium in Bangkok.

British tourist held hostage and has crypto stolen by acquaintances while watching World Cup game in Thailand

Dion Adam Timberlake, 24, was invited by an acquaintance with the nickname 'Maz' to watch the England-Argentina match at the Tudor Court Condo in Pattaya, Thailand, on July 15.

Landlady shocked by state of apartment left by British tenant

Property agent Walaiporn Donsri, also known as Sofia, said Brit teenager Rishi Mirpuri, 17, and his dad Raj Ramchand Mirpuri, 51, had been renting the unit as the youngster regularly competed in pool tournaments in Pattaya.

British husband's wife complains to police about karaoke bar where he spent thousands of pounts

The man, identified only as Marcus, was enjoying a night out with his British friend when they visited a karaoke bar in the old city area of Chiang Mai.

British tourist, 33, fined for spray-painting school wall in Thailand

Elliot Michael Scott, 33, from Oldham and Keegan Daniel Sporott, 26, from Auckland, were daubing black paint across the school facade when they were caught by police in Chiang Mai.

Bar host, 26, arrested over 'rape of British worker, 35, in hotel room' in Thailand

Male escort Phattharaphon Wongbuangam, 26, was reportedly drinking with the alleged victim, 35, before returning to her room in Phitsanulok, Thailand.

British tourist 'threatens hotel staff over lost key card' in Thailand

David John Stuart Wilden, 27, from Manchester, was enraged when he was told to pay 500 baht to replace the lost card at the J.A. Plus Hotel in the resort town of Pattaya.

British businessman, 33, accused of attacking tuk-tuk driver over fare dispute faces deportation

Shane Daniel Correia, 33, reportedly punched driver Chalong Kamplong as he refused to pay for a ride on the resort island of Phuket.

Flame-haired 'femme fatale', 20, arrested over 'murder' of British businessman in Thailand

Isabelle Violet Carreras, 20, from Stafford, was reportedly high on cannabis when her husband Thomas David Powell, 33, was allegedly attacked at their luxury villa in the resort town of Pattaya.

British businessman, 33, 'stabbed to death by wife, 20, at luxury villa in Thailand'

Thomas David Powell, 33, from Stoke-on-Trent, was reportedly set upon with a 20-inch machete by Isabelle Violet Carreras, 20, from Stafford, at the upmarket home in the party resort Pattaya.

Drunk British tourist 'asks to be jailed to give inmates inspirational talk'

The 38-year-old holidaymaker, identified only as 'Diego', was allegedly drunk when he walked into Abellana Police Station in Cebu, in the early hours of June 18.

British driver arrested over crashing into intersection barriers and fleeing scene

Asif Islam, 27, from London, was reportedly intoxicated as he navigated a roundabout in the Chalong area of holiday island Phuket.

British businessman, 70, falls to his death from balcony 'while painting wall'

David Mark Spooner, 70, from Sheffield, was reportedly applying a fresh coat of paint on the unit when he slipped from the eighth-floor balcony of Neo Seaview Condo in resort town Pattaya.

British businessman, 39, arrested over 'acid attack on apartment caretaker' in Thailand

Richard William Langford, 39, from Burton-on-Trent, reportedly splashed Wirawan Aphimethithamrong, 43, with corrosive toilet cleaner while looking for his girlfriend at her former apartment in Pattaya.

British businessman arrested for 'attacking officer because he hates people in uniform'

Jacob Alexander Elder, 39, reportedly tried to ram his motorcycle into the government official stationed at the historic Tha Phae Gate in Chiang Mai province.

Two British tourists injured in knife fight in Bangkok

Jeven Agyekum Hood and Kieren Caria were returning to the Cassia Hotel from a night out when a fight broke out in their room in Bangkok, in the early hours of June 14.

British businessman, 77, arrested in crackdown on nominee companies in southern Thailand

Andrew Parkhouse, 77, allegedly used Thai proxies to bypass foreign business ownership laws in the notoriously overregulated country.

British businessman facing 13 years in prison as Thai doctor he 'crashed into while high on cocaine' dies

Paul Duncan Wilcock, 51, from Bradford, West Yorkshire, was said to have been under the influence as he tore through roads on the Full Moon Party island of Koh Phangan on May 23.

British tourist, 24, arrested for 'causing public nuisance and resisting officers' in Thailand

Hamish Lockhart Birnie Brown, 24, sparked alarm as he reportedly challenged passers-by to a fight while roaming shirtless through a busy street on holiday island Phuket on June 2.

British businessman taken to court facing seven charges over crash that left Thai doctor in coma

Paul Duncan Wilcock, 51, from Bradford, West Yorkshire, was said to have been drunk as he tore through roads on the island of Koh Phangan on May 23.

American fugitive wanted for raping a minor arrested

Tony Le, 37, reportedly entered the Southeast Asian country through illegal channels to evade arrest in his home country.

British businessman, 51, 'high on cocaine injures Thai doctor in hit-and-run'

Paul Duncan Wilcock, 51, from Bradford, West Yorkshire, was said to have been intoxicated as he tore through roads on the island of Koh Phangan on May 23.

Brit, 33, arrested over 'contract killing' of Iraqi cartel-member on Thai island

The suspect, Amir, 33, is said to have supplied weapons to Colombian Fernando Estaid Guevara Sanchez, 39, to open fire on Ameer Mundher Mahmood, 24, from Sweden, in broad daylight on February 7.

British drugs suspect, 41, smirks as he is arrested during raid in Thailand

Edward David Harrison, 41, from Bedford, had allegedly been dealing drugs to other foreigners before police stormed his rented home in Pattaya.

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