Breaking: Footage emerges of what happened before Aussie was floored in school parking lot

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Breaking: Footage emerges of what happened before Aussie was floored in school parking lot

 

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Footage has emerged of what led up to the incident in a South Pattaya school parking lot when an Australian pensioner was floored by a Thai gold shop owner.

 

The footage - seemingly from a dash cam - shows the Australian, now known as Gerard Collins, go to retrieve a knife from the rear of his car. The footage was on Facebook on the Pattaya Eastern News page

 

 

He then uses the weapon to smash the Honda Brio of the Thai man who said there had been a minor coming together earlier.

 

Then the Australian runs down the Thai man who is standing in front of his vehicle catapulting him into the air.

 

The Thai man aims a kick at the Australian's Nissan before getting back in his own car to begin a chase.

 

The grainy footage makes it unclear as to whether the Australian was threatened first as he claimed later.

 

The chase ended up at Aksorn Suksa School where Sumeth Rungratanaphan, 28, was later filmed knocking 72 year old Gerard Collins to the ground with a single punch in full view of police, teachers and students. (story here).

 

The Australian had gone to pick up his eight year old daughter from school.

 

Police are investigating.

 

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[Peterw42]

This will have all the people defending the farang eating humble pie. Just goes to show there are 2 sides to every story.

 

[chickenslegs]

Any initial feelings of sympathy for the old Aussie have just evaporated. This was not an act of self defence (as he claimed in the previous thread) but pure aggression.

 

 

[Coconut007]

72 year old thug?

[KittenKong]

Australians.

 

[tonray]

You come to live as a guest in a foreign country and act like a complete thug and fool....he is lucky he is alive today. Idiot.

[BKKBrit]

12 minutes ago, Peterw42 said:

This will have all the people defending the farang eating humble pie. Just goes to show there are 2 sides to every story.

 

No chance! You should know the TVF commentator mentality...they're always right and this country and it's people are permanently flawed. Yet they continue to visit / live here but hold court from their bedsit or bar-beer stool.

[thequietman]

Cold clocking in front of the cop shows the lack of fear and regard that the Thai people have for the BIB.

However this old fecker should receive a serious fine and possibly deportation. He's F@@@in crazy.

[DieterWiehe]

you take out a Knife or Gun..... than u better use it right otherwise u hurt yourself

[steven100]

silly old coot .....   carry on like that and you won't see 73 ...

[Birdbrain]

Deport that old angry man or send him to jail for five years

[taipan1949]

26 minutes ago, Coconut007 said:

72 year old thug?

Maybe one of those Farangs who actually think that this is their country.

[taipan1949]

Deporting sounds good to me. No problem, just getting rid of one more clown who does not belong in the good graces of Thailand.

[tonray]

7 minutes ago, Birdbrain said:

Deport that old angry man or send him to jail for five years

He's an Aussie...they're both the same thing for him

[overherebc]

4 minutes ago, taipan1949 said:

Maybe one of those Farangs who actually think that this is their country.

Standard expat ( tin god ) whose mind is back in the days of the Raj.

These natives must be shown their place etc etc.

Bogan comes to mind.

[The manic]

17 minutes ago, Birdbrain said:

Deport that old angry man or send him to jail for five years

In the aged angry is an earned right but in youth mere brutishness.

[Thian]

Yup the Aussie tried to run the Thai over, so he's an idiot and will go to jail, it was an attempt for murder.

[varun]

Angry old bogan got more than he bargained for - deportation and 10-year ban is the way to go.

 

[anon4637435435]

well, i guess frail old morons do need schooling everyonce and a while. Who would have thought this idiot was even capable but here we go....

[NanLaew]

15 minutes ago, hyku1147 said:

Found it. My script blocker hid  the vid'.

And? Your opinion please?

[chrisandsu]

Having an 8 year old kid at that age is bad enough without trying to act like a youngun . Aussie quality tourists at it again ....

[tracker1]

Might have been here a bit to long and picked up some of the Thais bad habits ! like carrying a weapon !

[cornishcarlos]

Be really funny if it turns out he has citizenship... Then you'll all have to start again !!!

[Thian]

19 minutes ago, chrisandsu said:

Having an 8 year old kid at that age is bad enough without trying to act like a youngun . Aussie quality tourists at it again ....

I thought the one year old baby also was from him?

[chuang]

1 hour ago, Coconut007 said:

72 year old thug?

Well we know who his ancestors were...

[petermik]

Anyone have a link to the video?

cannot see on here

[jimster]

1 hour ago, overherebc said:

Standard expat ( tin god ) whose mind is back in the days of the Raj.

These natives must be shown their place etc etc.

Bogan comes to mind.

Not exactly. Not everything has to be compared to the old empire upon which the sun never sets. It's 2017 now let's stop pretending we know everything about what happened 150 years ago when none of us (even the old farts) were even born yet. The world today is more violent and there is more racism than there's ever been - contrary to the beliefs of some.

 

This guy either reacted out of character, perhaps he was stressed out or something or he was one of these "tough guys" who would have done the same thing back home. Although he doesn't look violent (in the second clip at the school) perhaps he is actually a wolf in sheep's clothing as evidenced by this dashcam footage.

 

There are good and bad people everywhere. Not all expats are good. Many are bad. Not all Thai men are bad, most are actually good. Let's accept reality and move on.

[richard_smith237]

6 minutes ago, chrisandsu said:

Having an 8 year old kid at that age is bad enough without trying to act like a youngun . Aussie quality tourists at it again ....

 

I don't want to judge someone having a child at that age, its a discussion for another thread, but allowing something to act out like that at a School takes things too far IMO.

 

Something must have happened earlier as people don't fly off the handle and retrieve a knife from their car without a significant level of provocation unless they are mentally unstable in the extreme. However, regardless of what ever happened earlier to anger the Australian Pensioner he escalated the situation to violence taking the threat level as far a 'deadly threat' when brandishing the machete.

 

With that said, the Punch landed by the Thai Man was brutal and potentially deadly, the situation had calmed down was theoretically under police control before he escalated again with potentially deadly force. 

 

One Serious Question: After the Thai Man lands the Punch, why is he not restrained and in Handcuffs, especially after approaching the Australian Pensioner again saying "I want to Kill You !" ?

 

Another Question: What level of retard Carries a Machete around in their Car? Yes, I know many Thai's do, but isn't it better to ignore any confrontation in the first place? Carrying such a weapon just indactes that the Australian was prepared to enter and escalate a situation to violence on a daily basis, surely that is the dumbest thing he could do, especially at his age. 

 

With Video evidence from both corners I hope both men face serious charges. 

- The Australian - Attempted Assault with a Weapon 

- The Thai - Assault 

 

Both men were clearly in the wrong and need to face punishment. 

 

A lesson for all of us - when someone pi$$es us of and for some, when the red mist starts to ascend, pay attention to yourself, wake up and get real... none of this is worth it. Walk away and you won't even remember the incident in a week !

[delphioracle]

Sadly if he is deported  and or imprisoned it will be the 8 year old daughter and  her mother who will be the ultimate losers due to the moronic behaviour of the father her mothers partner.

 

There is,no excuse and there can't be any excuse for that outburst, seems as if the old fool got all he deserved, but how ironic  and sad that the reward was delivered in full view of schoolchildren and reminiscent of  the scenario of, '' my dad's bigger than your dad....

 

If justice is served  and the full facts emerge as to , what, who, why, etc then of course the whole issue can be seen clearly and judged in the proper context.  

At the moment the old Aussie is indeed looking at the footage very much at fault and  the justice awarded may well wreck the the lives of the  earlier mentioned two parties.

 

 

Edited October 12, 2017 by delphioracle

[hellstens]

He gets what he deserve later on, what a Moron 

we have enough of that Thai men behave like this.lol