Man arrested in Thailand after fleeing Scotland following indecent images conviction in 2014

[webfact]

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Police Scotland can confirm that a 46-year-old man from Lanarkshire, convicted of being found in possession of indecent images of children, in 2014 has been arrested in Thailand on an international warrant today, Monday, 30 May 2022.

 

William Dempster was convicted in May 2014 and fled the UK before he could be sentenced and was believed to have travelled to Thailand.

 

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Following extensive enquiries by Police Scotland, the National Crime Agency and the Royal Thai Police, Dempster was arrested in Pattaya and will now be subject to extradition proceedings.

 

Source: https://www.scotland.police.uk/what-s-happening/news/2022/may/man-arrested-in-thailand-after-fleeing-scotland-following-indecent-images-conviction-in-2014/

 

-- POLICE SCOTLAND 2022-05-31

[RichardColeman]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

convicted in May 2014 and fled the UK before he could be sentenced and was believed to have travelled to Thailand.

90 day reporting working well again...............

[jacko45k]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

William Dempster was convicted in May 2014 and fled the UK before he could be sentenced and was believed to have travelled to Thailand.

UK an d Thailand both need to do better at preventing convicted criminals escaping justice. 

[hotchilli]

28 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

UK an d Thailand both need to do better at preventing convicted criminals escaping justice. 

Amazing how "you-know-who" is still invisible to the enforcement agencies.

[sungod]

53 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

90 day reporting working well again...............

I dont follow?

 

Do those on the run typically report to immigration police every 90 days?

Edited May 31, 2022 by sungod

[mikebell]

1 hour ago, sungod said:

I dont follow?

 

Do those on the run typically report to immigration police every 90 days?

Why else would they have it?  It's like those forms you have to answer about whether you've ever been a member of a Terrorist Group or convicted of any bombmaking.

[RichardColeman]

2 hours ago, sungod said:

Do those on the run typically report to immigration police every 90 days?

That's my point. No criminals go to 90 days. the only people that do are mostly decent honest people. So, what's the point of 90 days nonsense when it fails to catch any criminals ? 

[2long]

Imagine how quickly they would have caught him if he had killed someone, like by dragging a policeman to his death...

Oh hang on! ????

[Liverpool Lou]

49 minutes ago, mikebell said:

It's like those forms you have to answer about whether you've ever been a member of a Terrorist Group or convicted of any bombmaking.

Which forms are those?

[sungod]

1 hour ago, RichardColeman said:

That's my point. No criminals go to 90 days. the only people that do are mostly decent honest people. So, what's the point of 90 days nonsense when it fails to catch any criminals ? 

Ah, OK, fair point !

[Will B Good]

40 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Which forms are those?

Pre-employment contracts for servants of the crown

[Liverpool Lou]

1 minute ago, Will B Good said:

42 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Which forms are those?

Pre-employment contracts for servants of the crown

OK.  Serious question...Thai crown contracts, UK crown contracts?

[bbko]

1 hour ago, RichardColeman said:

That's my point. No criminals go to 90 days. the only people that do are mostly decent honest people. So, what's the point of 90 days nonsense when it fails to catch any criminals ? 

If your statement is true, wouldn't it point out to Thai police those not reporting for the 90 day ARE criminals?  And if & when their name pops up somewhere they can be caught?

[Will B Good]

3 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

OK.  Serious question...Thai crown contracts, UK crown contracts?

Sorry.......UK from my experience, but maybe Thai as well.......in the UK other questions arise....links to Irish relatives etc (or they did in my time).

 

Of course a bomb-maker would 'fess up and thus never be employed by the Crown!!!

[Liverpool Lou]

3 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Amazing how "you-know-who" is still invisible to the enforcement agencies.

That's because there's only one law enforcement agency interested in him.   He's not in Thailand, apparently, the RTP have no jurisdiction overseas and the country that he is living in does not consider that his traffic offence, as serious as it is, is worth getting involved in for a person who has committed no offences in their country and is not wanted there.

[chickenslegs]

55 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Which forms are those?

UK visa applications

[shackleton]

Sends out a  message  it could  take time but we will get you if guilty of crimes 

Especially involving minors 

[Moonlover]

4 hours ago, sungod said:

4 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

90 day reporting working well again...............

 

4 hours ago, sungod said:

I dont follow?

 

Do those on the run typically report to immigration police every 90 days?

 He probably wasn't even on an extension, so the 90 day report is a moot topic. Folks who want to hide from the justice system are hardly likely to present themselves to the immigration police are they.

[Joe Farang]

41 minutes ago, shackleton said:

Sends out a  message  it could  take time but we will get you if guilty of crimes 

Especially involving minors 

<deleted>, he was convicted in 2014. That means they already had him and let him get away.

[Rimmer]

Off topic post removed

[The Hammer2021]

Probably  one of the worst  countries  in the world to flee to for this kind of offence.

[Colabamumbai]

2 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

That's my point. No criminals go to 90 days. the only people that do are mostly decent honest people. So, what's the point of 90 days nonsense when it fails to catch any criminals ? 

Do my 90 day reports every 45 days, to confuse them. I like the receipts for Chinese females, and copies of your passport on the backside. Immigration saving money. 

[kinyara]

I'll say it since no one else has. 

 

Good news.

[sungod]

2 hours ago, Moonlover said:

 He probably wasn't even on an extension, so the 90 day report is a moot topic. Folks who want to hide from the justice system are hardly likely to present themselves to the immigration police are they.

Hence the reason I asked the question in response to '90 days reporting working well'................

 

And then he clarified.

 

[chalawaan]

I was reassured by the photo for reference only.

Unrelated but curious, a chap came into my workplace downunder today, in sunglasses. He was a dead ringer for notorious pedo, Paul Gadd AKA Gary Glitter, as he looks today. The shaved head the white goatee. Not the best look to rock. 

So I'm thinking of growing a toothbrush mustache and cowslick haircut to one-up Mr. Gadds doppelganger.

[chalawaan]

5 hours ago, mikebell said:

Why else would they have it?  It's like those forms you have to answer about whether you've ever been a member of a Terrorist Group or convicted of any bombmaking.

Well, they have a legal purpose. Whereas the 90 day report has no purpose other than to keep some parasites in employment.

[champers]

7 hours ago, sungod said:

I dont follow?

 

Do those on the run typically report to immigration police every 90 days?

Not turning up should bring up a red flag, so strictly speaking Thai Immigrration should have been looking for this guy after he had only been here for 3 months. How many children he has abused in the intervening 8 years is anyone's guess.

[Paul Kernell]

I believe the Scot and Thai police don't give a dam about the extra work evolved. There's a private charity run agencies that goes around head hunting the dirty pervs and alerts the relevant authorities. The agency made a TV program about it many years ago in the wake of Gary Glitter and boosted by Jimmy Savile. 

[Orinoco]

Good they got him.

 

 

[Rimmer]

Off topic post removed