Video “Sneaky” Swiss thieves set to spend Christmas in Thai jail after airport theft

[Get Real]

Stupid people! Happy New Year, dorks!

[FritsSikkink]

48 minutes ago, Orton Rd said:

It's the Swiss that needs to be in inverted commas, looks more middle eastern, if that can still be suggested these days. 

Sadly for you Gatte is a European name and not a middle eastern.

[sammieuk1]

Bad week for the Swiss 1 battered 2 rolled to jail . 

[cardinalblue]

Explain to me how a theft gets one year minimum and killing 3 bicyclists gets probation?

[malcoml]

4 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

While I agree you have to be an idiot to walk off and leave any device behind you, I’m not sure you can gaol someone for being stupid. 

 

For one thing the gaols would be flooded with the guilty. They are overcrowded as it is...

Wouldn't it be wonderful if we lived in a society where we could leave valuables unattended?

 

They deserve time in jail.

[AlexRich]

They are from one of the wealthiest country's in the world and steal at a developing nation's airport? If they were third world kids who are starving and stole food for survival I'd give them a pass ... but not these two idiots. Throw them in jail.

[champers]

5 minutes ago, malcoml said:

Wouldn't it be wonderful if we lived in a society where we could leave valuables unattended?

 

They deserve time in jail.

Leaving anything unattended in an airport these days is extremely foolish. Worst case scenario is airport closure till said item is neutralised.

I don't advocate jailtime for the notebook owner but a severe censure from the police would be good.

[wvavin]

They are going to spend quite a different and memorable Christmas this year.

[PremiumLane]

3 hours ago, jenny2017 said:

Special thanks to these idiots! Thais do seem to think that we are all a bunch of thieves. 

 

    Just recently, when I sat at the local hospital waiting for my OPD card when a woman in front of me all in a sudden grabbed her bag and put it on her lap, right after she saw me sitting behind her.

 

     It didn't make me feel good and it's only because of some trashy foreigners who give all of us a bad name. 

If anyone thinks I am a thief because some other westerners stole some stuff, then I would think they are ignorant for generalizing. 

 

Kind of like how some posters on here think all Thais behave the same way :) 

[jenny2017]

1 minute ago, PremiumLane said:

If anyone thinks I am a thief because some other westerners stole some stuff, then I would think they are ignorant for generalizing. 

 

Kind of like how some posters on here think all Thais behave the same way :) 

 

 

I'm a Farang and some of them had done bag snatching, mostly at airports. Of course, does the ordinary folk believe that we are "same same".

 

       I don't think that the village lady was ignorant. If a bunch of Thais would steal stuff from people in a more civilized country, wouldn't we have a similar reaction? And protecting our goods can't be ignorant, don't you think so?

[kaorop]

It is one of the good things about this country, petty theft is rare outside tourist areas..ive left keys in mocy overnight in public places, left backpacks at restaurants ir bars and gone back 60 mins later to find it still there and i ciuld go on an on...

....now how is one called sneaky when every corner of every airport is now under vid serviellence and you steal something on the way in???

Edited December 4, 2017 by kaorop

[soalbundy]

4 hours ago, YetAnother said:

and they are worried about christmas ?! being arrested for theft in a foreign country currently in the spell of ultra conservatism is not trivial

A valid worry, they want to celebrate the birthday of the saviour, the one mentioned in the book where it say's 'Thou shalt not steal', ooops

Edited December 4, 2017 by soalbundy

[metisdead]

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[djayz]

6 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

police arrested them when they tried to board a plane home on November 24th after being recognised by airport security staff.

How come staff, security, etc. seldom, if ever, recognise Thai thieves, con artists, scammers, etc. when tourists are the victims of crime here? Strange that... 

[the guest]

I hear fish-head soup, is quite delicious over the festive period.

[britishrepublican]

Thieves are the worst kind of people. These are stupid thieves, stealing in an airport with cameras everywhere. I hope they throw the book at them.

[slippery snake]

6 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

While I agree you have to be an idiot to walk off and leave any device behind you, I’m not sure you can gaol someone for being stupid. 

 

For one thing the gaols would be flooded with the guilty. They are overcrowded as it is...

I think  everyone has done that at least once in their lives.  I know I have... I saw a group of Koreans walk off and then I noticed an expensive  camera  they left behind. .  I picked it up and waited .. 2 minutes later a guy came running back for it.  He was so gratefull.. also a couple waiting for the movies got up and left a cell phone  on the seat.. I walked over and told them..   a little good will goes a long way..   great work by the security.. WELL DONE.. 

[Rhys]

On the alert... 

[slippery snake]

1 hour ago, PremiumLane said:

If anyone thinks I am a thief because some other westerners stole some stuff, then I would think they are ignorant for generalizing. 

 

Kind of like how some posters on here think all Thais behave the same way :) 

Plenty THAIS steal  too.. !!! 

She just being carefull so don't go getting your knickers in a twist because of that...

[balo]

Lets hope they rot in jail for at least 2 months.

[observer90210]

An Indian stole many TV's...here, Swiss nationals steal a laptop and it will carry on.

 

The lesson of this story could also be a lesson for the future to the few regular sour bashers around....dishonesty is universal and not related to a specific nationality.

 

Another consequence could arise on the short term -  the Thaïs may tend put all farangs in the same basket, as dishonest.

Edited December 4, 2017 by observer90210

[sanemax]

32 minutes ago, Jeremy50 said:

   What have a couple of hard-core thieves, aged 60 <deleted>, got to do with a couple of fun loving gays who simply made a cultural error?

They are both in Bangkok jails ?

[Aussieroaming]

7 hours ago, isaanbanhou said:

The couple will get to avoid all the snow and yodelling of Switzerland for at least another 5 weeks.  While they might not get much of a tan, I'm sure they will lose a little weight while guests of the Thai government.  Nice Catch Swampy security

If he bends over to pick up the soap he might do some involuntary yodeling

[kaorop]

2 minutes ago, sanemax said:

They are both in Bangkok jails ?

And with that post, close the thread, he won the internet today...???

[nausea]

In today's world - entrapment. That old story - if by killing someone totally unrelated to you could receive some substantial benefit with no risk ... would you do it? Some old Twilight Zone episode I think. Of course they miscalculated, but the thinking is clear.

 

[Rimmer]

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[Wake Up]

8 hours ago, JoePai said:

The Thai owner should also be jailed for being so stupid

7 hours ago, darksidedog said:

Yeah! sorry about that, but the vast majority of "guilty" in Thai prisons either pleaded guilty to get a lesser sentence, or were found guilty as they couldn't afford a lawyer. If you don't have money and a lawyer, you cannot fight a charge with a realistic chance of being found not guilty. It reinforces my first point that the prisons are full of poor people, who are not necessarily actually guilty of the charges. The judicial system here is unnaturally harsh and allows those with money to walk away, while penalizing the poor.

 

Can you please list the countries where the poor are not penalized in the legal system and the rich do not have an unfair advantage?

[Nemesis7]

Swiss Thives...whats next Swiss Bandits?

[barsie]

Weirder still do I read it right- they stole the laptop on arrival?

[shaurene]

Early on this year I was at the airport waiting for my flight on Qantas. I had gone down to the ground floor to the smoke room, walked down the passage way same as the place they pinched the laptop. It was empty and on a seat was a laptop bag with what looked like a new Apple lap top. I picked it up and took it to the airport information desk and gave it in. I got a receipt and hoped it would be announced and claimed by the owner. Nice piece of equipment but I thought how sorry I would have been to loose mine. I felt really good I found it because not many people would have given it in. Hope these <deleted> get a few years free holiday in  the pleasant accomodation.