Charity worker feared being raped in 40-day Thai prison nightmare

Sean Felton was thrown into a squalid cell packed with 50 inmates

By Mike Lockley

 

Sean Felton spent 40 days in a tough Thai jail. //Picture: Birmingham Live

 

A charity worker who spent more than a month in the hell-hole conditions of a Thai prison has told how he feared being raped.

 

For 40 days and 40 nights, Sean Felton fought off perverts and killers in the soiled, sewer-stench confines of the rat maze that is Sakhon Nakon Prison.

 

He survived in a cramped, squalid cell – home to 50 inmates – on three bowls of rice each day. He slept on the floor. He bathed with fellow lags in a trough of filthy, dirty water that, stagnant and over-used, stank of decay.

 

Full story: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/charity-worker-feared-being-raped-14559642

 

-- Birmingham Mail 2018-04-23

If you're in the business of kidnapping children then you have to be prepared to do a little time, he's lucky he got out after a month.

I guess there'll be a book out soon.

 

Gotta make the error pay for itself.

Can't take the time.. don't do the crime.

 

Really, looking at him I don't think he needed worry about being raped in the prison. 

 

 

Land of paradise.

 

8 hours ago, Kieran00001 said:

If you're in the business of kidnapping children then you have to be prepared to do a little time, he's lucky he got out after a month.

Did you actually read the article in the Birmingham paper?

 

Also, <deleted> can you kidnap your own kids!? If his wife had a valid grievance I'm sure she could inform the authorities through the British Embassy.

 

 His son probably has the potential to have a much better life in the UK anyway.

 

 

Edited April 23, 20188 yr by metisdead
Profane acronym removed.

I visit the prisons regularly and I have never in 10 years heard of anyone getting raped. There are plenty of obliging lady boys in there, so no need. While I agree conditions are squalid, the suggestion of stinking and stagnant water for washing, I also do not believe for a second. 5 years for a lighter? 5 years for fighting? Utter rubbish. To my mind the fella, who admittedly has been through a nasty experience, is now embellishing the story for all it is worth. I am sure he has his own reasons for that, but it still doesn't make it true. Any respect I had for him has gone.

4 minutes ago, Andrew65 said:

Did you actually read the article?

 

Also, HTF can you kidnap your own kids!? If his wife had a valid grievance I'm sure she could inform the authorities through the British Embassy.

 

 His son probably has the potential to have a much better life in the UK anyway.

 

 

 

Yes, I read it, however you appear to have misunderstood it, it was not his child, he was paid to kidnap the kid by the father.  And her valid grievance was what got him 30 days in the Thai jail, you are not allowed to enter someones home without their permission to kidnap their child, whether the father has asked you to or not, and the only reason they were released after 30 days is because the mother changed her mind, dropped the charges and allowed her son to go to Scotland with the father.  As for your, she could inform the British embassy, are you seriously suggesting that Thailand allows British people to kidnap Thai children and then try to get them back through the British embassy?  How about doing what they, stopping them from taking them in the first place until a lawful agreement has been reached?

2 minutes ago, Kieran00001 said:

 

Yes, I read it, however you appear to have misunderstood it, it was not his child, he was paid to kidnap the kid by the father.  And her valid grievance was what got him 30 days in the Thai jail, you are not allowed to enter someones home without their permission to kidnap their child, whether the father has asked you to or not, and the only reason they were released after 30 days is because the mother changed her mind, dropped the charges and allowed her son to go to Scotland with the father.  As for your, she could inform the British embassy, are you seriously suggesting that Thailand allows British people to kidnap Thai children and then try to get them back through the British embassy?  How about doing what they, stopping them from taking them in the first place until a lawful agreement has been reached?

OK, I just re-read the article. A misunderstanding on my part.

 

The phrase:... accused of snatching their son from Edinburgh – played a key part in the pair’s liberation.

 

I thought it was his son.

 

What I meant was, if she had a valid & legal claim, she could approach the BE.

No respect for this man , now he is milking the story for all it's worth to get some money out of it. 

Sean Felton is  talking rubbish... Feared of being raped. NONSENSE.

OK i am ready for the attacks telling me i dont know what i am talking about.

 

Before you start, i have been there done that ( no t -shirt though )

He was lucky ,only 50 in the cell, i had 104 in my cell. 

He got fed 3 times a day !! WOW i only got fed twice a day.

Now regarding fear of rape, i was treated with the utmost respect, by both other prisoners and staff.

Never for 1 minute felt threatened/ scared.

Looks like he is glorifying  his time in prison to make money out of a possible future book.

 

16 minutes ago, darksidedog said:

I visit the prisons regularly and I have never in 10 years heard of anyone getting raped. There are plenty of obliging lady boys in there, so no need. While I agree conditions are squalid, the suggestion of stinking and stagnant water for washing, I also do not believe for a second. 5 years for a lighter? 5 years for fighting? Utter rubbish. To my mind the fella, who admittedly has been through a nasty experience, is now embellishing the story for all it is worth. I am sure he has his own reasons for that, but it still doesn't make it true. Any respect I had for him has gone.

Agree.

But you and I live in the real world...surrounded by real people....

Whereas this guy live his life through and on social media.....The bigger the lie...The bigger the attention

The problem with a story like this, is that 90 % of social media users back in the UK are going to believe his nonsense....

1 minute ago, JOC said:

Agree.

But you and I live in the real world...surrounded by real people....

Whereas this guy live his life through and on social media.....The bigger the lie...The bigger the attention

The problem with a story like this, is that 90 % of social media users back in the UK are going to believe his nonsense....

This story makes me really angry. I have spent years arguing with the prison authorities to get conditions improved, allow medications and the like in, and while it has been a tough battle, I have made advances. I do not suggest that Thai prisons are of an acceptable standard, far from it, but they are also a hell of a long way away from the bullshit description put up by this guy. The fact that this is coming, not from the father of the boy, but from the guy that runs the charity, suggest to me, that he is making it sound a million times worse than it was to generate sympathy and almost certainly to promote a revenue stream for the charity. Utterly disgraceful.

I hope he has the good sense never to set foot in Thailand again.

14 minutes ago, Andrew65 said:

OK, I just re-read the article. A misunderstanding on my part.

 

The phrase:... accused of snatching their son from Edinburgh – played a key part in the pair’s liberation.

 

I thought it was his son.

 

What I meant was, if she had a valid & legal claim, she could approach the BE.

 

She would not have been allowed to leave the UK without a legal claim over her son, but I agree it wasn't the right way to do it, and as you believe this then why are you supporting someone doing the same in Thailand instead of using their "valid and legal claim" with which to approach the Thai authorities?

26 minutes ago, darksidedog said:

I visit the prisons regularly and I have never in 10 years heard of anyone getting raped. There are plenty of obliging lady boys in there, so no need. While I agree conditions are squalid, the suggestion of stinking and stagnant water for washing, I also do not believe for a second. 5 years for a lighter? 5 years for fighting? Utter rubbish. To my mind the fella, who admittedly has been through a nasty experience, is now embellishing the story for all it is worth. I am sure he has his own reasons for that, but it still doesn't make it true. Any respect I had for him has gone.

 

A quick google reveals plenty of ex inmates speaking of the rapes during their own times in prison, who do we believe, those who have been in the cells or those who have just visited?

2 minutes ago, Kieran00001 said:

 

A quick google reveals plenty of ex inmates speaking of the rapes during their own times in prison, who do we believe, those who have been in the cells or those who have just visited?

Read my post ok.

I am not speaking as a prison visitor, but as an ex -prisoner in a Thai prison (Buriram ).

Stop trying to defend a man who is making up stories for financial gain.

I can recall a story some years back about prisoner exchanges whereas some African prisoners were offered exchanges by Thailand and they said no thanks the prisons here are luxury compared to ours. 

29 minutes ago, balo said:

No respect for this man , now he is milking the story for all it's worth to get some money out of it. 

Yes and tabloid journalist Mr Lockley with Birmingham Mail is happy to help.

43 minutes ago, darksidedog said:

I visit the prisons regularly and I have never in 10 years heard of anyone getting raped. There are plenty of obliging lady boys in there, so no need. While I agree conditions are squalid, the suggestion of stinking and stagnant water for washing, I also do not believe for a second. 5 years for a lighter? 5 years for fighting? Utter rubbish. To my mind the fella, who admittedly has been through a nasty experience, is now embellishing the story for all it is worth. I am sure he has his own reasons for that, but it still doesn't make it true. Any respect I had for him has gone.

Every word you say is right; either he's lied to the British press or they have exaggerated it for dramatic effect.

He was not raped..but should have be...

1 minute ago, chuang said:

He was not raped..but should have be...

No one should be raped.

35 minutes ago, colinneil said:

Sean Felton is  talking rubbish... Feared of being raped. NONSENSE.

OK i am ready for the attacks telling me i dont know what i am talking about.

 

Before you start, i have been there done that ( no t -shirt though )

He was lucky ,only 50 in the cell, i had 104 in my cell. 

He got fed 3 times a day !! WOW i only got fed twice a day.

Now regarding fear of rape, i was treated with the utmost respect, by both other prisoners and staff.

Never for 1 minute felt threatened/ scared.

Looks like he is glorifying  his time in prison to make money out of a possible future book.

 

Jesus, first time, through personal experience, that  I've been able to agree with you 100% even although I'm surprised that you only got two meals per day.

Edited April 23, 20188 yr by Just Weird

Charity worker?  He reads up more like a paid kidnapper who is remunerated by an impatient parent and gullible charity donors!!!!!

24 minutes ago, Kieran00001 said:

 

A quick google reveals plenty of ex inmates speaking of the rapes during their own times in prison, who do we believe, those who have been in the cells or those who have just visited?

You believe those that have been incarcerated in the cells and have no reason to go to the media and those who visit regularly.   They are the ones that would get the real story from those they visit.

 

There are consenting outlets for those that mutually need some kind of sex, male rape is unheard of because of the potential punishment, except from those who have something to sell when they get out, or a business to promote!

How much do you earn these days for an interview in a British talk show?

Edited April 23, 20188 yr by Lupatria

12 minutes ago, Just Weird said:

Jesus, first time, through personal experience, that  I've been able to agree with you 100% even although I'm surprised that you only got two meals per day.

In Buriram prison you get fed at 7.30 am and again at 3.30 pm, locked in the cell at 4.30 pm.

11 minutes ago, Just Weird said:

Jesus, first time, through personal experience, that  I've been able to agree with you 100% even although I'm surprised that you only got two meals per day.

I think you'll find that he only had two meals full stop, given he was only in there overnight 

1 minute ago, evadgib said:

I think you'll find that he only had two meals full stop, given he was only in there overnight 

No you are wrong every prisoner only got fed twice a day, also i was locked up for 4 days, not over night.

8 minutes ago, Just Weird said:

You believe those that have been incarcerated in the cells and have no reason to go to the media and those who visit regularly.   They are the ones that would get the real story from those they visit.

 

There are consenting outlets for those that mutually need some kind of sex, male rape is unheard of because of the potential punishment, except from those who have something to sell when they get out, or a business to promote!

 

Well, I guess you didn't google then, lots of accounts of the prisoners getting raped by the guards.

35 minutes ago, colinneil said:

Read my post ok.

I am not speaking as a prison visitor, but as an ex -prisoner in a Thai prison (Buriram ).

Stop trying to defend a man who is making up stories for financial gain.

 

Stop chastising a man based on your anecdotal evidence alone, that is shameful stuff.