SOURCE: Pattaya Today: April 1st 2007

Thieves return after noticing safe

All reasonable precautions taken. A house off Soi Khaotalo was targeted by robbers after they failed to open the safe on their first visit.

They returned and waited until one of the owners Miss Pairin Sirileurt, aged 20, came home before pouncing and forcing her to open the safe in the kitchen which contained more than 200,000 baht in cash and valuables.

Miss Pairin was hit in the stomach to make her comply with the thieves’ demands and he explained to police she had taken all fair precautions. She had installed a secure safe and bought three dogs although none of these was much of a barker.

The next door neighbour was a policeman which should have been a further boost to security. Her boyfriend was a Frenchman who owned a local restaurant but he was not at home at the crisis time.

Police said it was likely the thieves, who wore motor bike helmets to disguise their features, knew there was likely to be a wad of cash available in the safe as the restaurant was known to be successful.

SOURCE: Pattaya Today: April 1st 2007

Thieves return after noticing safe

All reasonable precautions taken. A house off Soi Khaotalo was targeted by robbers after they failed to open the safe on their first visit.

They returned and waited until one of the owners Miss Pairin Sirileurt, aged 20, came home before pouncing and forcing her to open the safe in the kitchen which contained more than 200,000 baht in cash and valuables.

Miss Pairin was hit in the stomach to make her comply with the thieves’ demands and he explained to police she had taken all fair precautions. She had installed a secure safe and bought three dogs although none of these was much of a barker.

The next door neighbour was a policeman which should have been a further boost to security. Her boyfriend was a Frenchman who owned a local restaurant but he was not at home at the crisis time.

Police said it was likely the thieves, who wore motor bike helmets to disguise their features, knew there was likely to be a wad of cash available in the safe as the restaurant was known to be successful.

Must be joking of course