UK former mercenary, living in Thailand for 22 years, given a strong warning by police

[webfact]

The 44-year-old was identified by Udon Thani police on Friday as Mr Davis. The UK man offered a profuse apology to 25-year-old Jirawat Sunthorn, or Tum (inset), whom he assaulted on Wednesday morning at a PTT service station in the town. Mr Davis also agreed to pay full compensation to the Thai man. Police Colonel Phattanawong Chanphon (inset) of Udon Thani Police Station brokered a resolution to the case.

UK former mercenary, living in Thailand for 22 years, fined and warned by Udon Thani police after assault at PTT station. Man agrees to pay full compensation and apologises to the Thai victim’s family. Police cite prior cooperation with Immigration Bureau for not revoking his visa on this occasion.

A UK man, a former mercenary who has lived in Thailand for 22 years, was fined and warned by Udon Thani police on Friday. It came after he was summoned by police for being involved in an assault at a PTT station in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The UK man also agreed to pay full compensation and offered his apologies to the family of the Thai man he assaulted. Police, it is understood, declined to revoke the 44-year-old man’s visa due to his previous cooperation with the Immigration Bureau on Ko Samui and the fact that this was a first-time offence.

The foreigner who assaulted a 25-year-old service station employee in Udon Thani in the early hours of Wednesday morning has been fined and booked by police.

 

The man was identified by Udon Thani police as 44-year-old Mr Davis. In brief, a UK national who has lived in Thailand for 22 years. Mr Davis is reported to be a former mercenary or soldier for hire.

 

Full story: Thai Examiner.com 2024-05-27

 

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[Jone500]

at least he can speak Isaan language

[loong]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

The 44-year-old was identified by Udon Thani police on Friday as Mr Davis. The UK man offered a profuse apology to 25-year-old Jirawat Sunthorn, or Tum (inset), whom he assaulted on Wednesday morning at a PTT service station in the town. Mr Davis also agreed to pay full compensation to the Thai man. Police Colonel Phattanawong Chanphon (inset) of Udon Thani Police Station brokered a resolution to the case.

UK former mercenary, living in Thailand for 22 years, fined and warned by Udon Thani police after assault at PTT station. Man agrees to pay full compensation and apologises to the Thai victim’s family. Police cite prior cooperation with Immigration Bureau for not revoking his visa on this occasion.

A UK man, a former mercenary who has lived in Thailand for 22 years, was fined and warned by Udon Thani police on Friday. It came after he was summoned by police for being involved in an assault at a PTT station in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The UK man also agreed to pay full compensation and offered his apologies to the family of the Thai man he assaulted. Police, it is understood, declined to revoke the 44-year-old man’s visa due to his previous cooperation with the Immigration Bureau on Ko Samui and the fact that this was a first-time offence.

The foreigner who assaulted a 25-year-old service station employee in Udon Thani in the early hours of Wednesday morning has been fined and booked by police.

 

The man was identified by Udon Thani police as 44-year-old Mr Davis. In brief, a UK national who has lived in Thailand for 22 years. Mr Davis is reported to be a former mercenary or soldier for hire.

 

Full story: Thai Examiner.com 2024-05-27

 

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Why do the news reporters keep repeating the same slightly reworded paragraph yet manage to give very few actual details?

[hotchilli]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

The man was identified by Udon Thani police as 44-year-old Mr Davis. In brief, a UK national who has lived in Thailand for 22 years

Idiot should know better.

[Skeptic7]

Ex-mercenary...and I'm an ex secret agent man❗ 

[scorecard]

8 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Idiot should know better.

44 years old

22 years living in Thailand

so assume he came to LOS when he was 22 years old

how has he supported himself for 22 years

what visa has been on for 22 years - is that possible?

when / where was he a mercenary if he's lived in Thailand since he was 22 years old?

 

Some explanation would be nice.

 

[Elkski]

He was a mercenary by age 22?  Doesn't sound like a job yiu would tell anyone about.  What a dick

[RonJr]

8 minutes ago, Skeptic7 said:

Ex-mercenary...and I'm an ex secret agent man❗ 

I have multiple friends that live here after wars for good and usually work w former blackwater or other security firms as mercenaries, once they live abroad so long it's more appealing to live in places like Thailand,, a wonderful country where you can give your victims the money instead of the government court system. In America the courts take the money and victims wait forever to get restitution if ever 

[Crash999]

20 minutes ago, loong said:

 

Why do the news reporters keep repeating the same slightly reworded paragraph yet manage to give very few actual details?

Someone was told to submit a 500 word article but only had 50 words of content. 😆

 

 

 

[Crash999]

6 minutes ago, Elkski said:

He was a mercenary by age 22?  Doesn't sound like a job yiu would tell anyone about.  What a dick

Funny how all these old out of shape guys are all ex-SAS 

[ChipButty]

11 minutes ago, scorecard said:

44 years old

22 years living in Thailand

so assume he came to LOS when he was 22 years old

how has he supported himself for 22 years

what visa has been on for 22 years - is that possible?

when / where was he a mercenary if he's lived in Thailand since he was 22 years old?

 

Some explanation would be nice.

 

There is a few in Thailand that work for private military's companies, I used to know 2 of them and they worked in Iraq 1 month on 1 month off something like that, they would be on $10,000 a month, another job they could do is on the ships going past Somalia, A guy i knew who did that said that was boring but he got well paid for it,

[ChipButty]

8 minutes ago, Crash999 said:

Funny how all these old out of shape guys are all ex-SAS 

I used to be in the British Legion, 

[hotchilli]

19 minutes ago, scorecard said:

44 years old

22 years living in Thailand

so assume he came to LOS when he was 22 years old

how has he supported himself for 22 years

what visa has been on for 22 years - is that possible?

when / where was he a mercenary if he's lived in Thailand since he was 22 years old?

 

Some explanation would be nice.

 

A so called mercenary aged 22...so called living in Thailand but working as a hired mercenary to fund his stay here?

Not married, not retired he must having been bouncing around for many years doing border runs or time out of Thailand. 

[Mike Lister]

Please remember the forum rules regarding comments about news stories.

[stupidfarang]

helping the BIB, undercover informant

[Expat68]

1 hour ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

SEND HIM HOME... to uk... they cannot behave properly anywhere in the world.

They? Who?

[impulse]

From the linked article:

 

 I drank several rounds before driving my daughter into town. On the way back, I stopped at the gas station to fill up,’ Mr Davis declared.

He claimed he was unaware of his actions. However, he sincerely regretted what happened and offered apologies to both the victim and the Thai people.

 

So the guy was driving in a drunken blackout.  Then he assaulted some guys. 

 

Nice...

 

 

[wensiensheng]

29 minutes ago, scorecard said:

44 years old

22 years living in Thailand

so assume he came to LOS when he was 22 years old

how has he supported himself for 22 years

what visa has been on for 22 years - is that possible?

when / where was he a mercenary if he's lived in Thailand since he was 22 years old?

 

Some explanation would be nice.

 

And what work did he do with immigration in Koh Samui?

[Mike Lister]

Just now, wensiensheng said:

And what work did he do with immigration in Koh Samui?

Likely a volunteer farang herder.

[steven100]

I want this guy to go to Pussycat bar in Pattaya and see if he can fix a few security guys there. 

[nobodysfriend]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Police cite prior cooperation with Immigration Bureau for not revoking his visa on this occasion.

 

He paid .

[Classic Ray]

Why don’t people read referenced articles before jumping into print?

 

They will see he is married, has an 18 year old daughter here, so has grounds for a visa.

 

Being a mercenary is not the same as Special Forces, so he could have done that from a young age.

 

I’m more concerned that no action was  taken in respect of his admitted drink driving, which he used as his excuse for the assault. His cooperation with Immigration must have been very strong.

[Thumbs]

So many gaps in his story, mercenary? Private security contractor possibly.

immigration refused to cancel his visa due to past cooperation on Samui what was he doing for immigration? translator, English teacher, or informant either way did he have correct visa and work permit? Lol

[CanadaSam]

From the various articles on this subject, it seems the pump guy refused to pump petrol unless the falang removed the filling cap by himself.  Strange, never seen this happen in Thailand before, maybe I should get out and around more?

[Hakuna Matata]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

he was summoned by police for being involved in an assault at a PTT station

 

Oh, those perky Brits in Thailand once again? 😮

[Hakuna Matata]

5 minutes ago, CanadaSam said:

the pump guy refused to pump petrol unless the falang removed the filling cap by himself

 

Sometimes the cap may remain locked and unopenable?

[Hakuna Matata]

15 minutes ago, Classic Ray said:

His cooperation with Immigration must have been very strong

 

Former visa agent? ED visas, conversion of tourist visa to NON-O without ever leaving Thailand? Is it completely legal?

[RandomBrother]

1 hour ago, Jonathan Swift said:

So what else do you expect? This isn't exactly Al Jazeera or CNN. It's more like your high school paper. 

Expect to be told something different when taking 5 paragraphs to explain the same thing. 

[soalbundy]

What a coarse fellow.

[4MyEgo]

2 hours ago, Jone500 said:

at least he can speak Isaan language

 

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$, It's a well accepted language in most countries.