and meantime lots of 70/80 y,o farangs have spent years in thailand and never so much as a helmet ticket and yet have to jump throough hoop after hoop to get a visa to stay for six months a year...and this bozo somehow stays 22 years from age 22 claims to be mercenary and punchs someone out and gets off with an apology and a fine...

 

how about if you come year after year and zero overstays zero problems etc that we be given a visa without the third degree every year?  

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Mr Davis is reported to be a former mercenary or soldier for hire.

 

2 hours ago, ChipButty said:

I used to be in the British Legion, 

I used to go to the British Legion, Cheap beer and free entertainment on a Sat Night most towns had one.

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

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

Are you sure he is not Married he has an 18yr old daughter who went to the cop shop with him.

3 hours ago, Skeptic7 said:

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

Indeed.. You can't swing a dead cat in Thailand without hitting an ex-special forces/mercenary/secret agent-guy...

2 hours ago, stupidfarang said:

helping the BIB, undercover informant

Agree it seems he was "helping immigration" on Samui before, so one of the boys, hence no deportation IMO. Non the Less by stating he was and immigration officer at the time of the Assault, he should also be charged with impersonating an officer. No mention on how much his fine was. They should also search his house for weapons IMO. But as I said he is in their circle. 

Watch out their is a snitch about. 

3 hours ago, impulse said:

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...

 

 

He even drove his daughter in, or immediately prior to, a drunken blackout. Very nice indeed..

1 hour ago, Celsius said:

I worked for KGB

Hello comrade. 

Must have been a good mercenary 44 been here 22 years that means he joined the British Army at maybe 17 trained for a year left to become a Mercenary at 22 made enough cash to live in Thailand for the last 22 years. Fishy.

3 hours ago, Elkski said:

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

What is so strange by that? In Netherlands you can start with basic training and function trainings from 17, you could be in afghanistan by 18-18.5 in those days, to then stop after 2 tours at 20, it is not strange to be a mercenary by 22.

This article seems just posted to provoke.  It begs many questions but gives few answers.  It seems posted in order to elicit heated responses and controversy.  No opinion based on this creaky "article" would be an informed opinion.  

England would be fxxked now if it had to go to war.

It seems like all the special forces and mercenaries live over here now.

1 hour ago, transam said:

Goody-2-shoes...........

I've never been arrested if that's what you mean... 

How is it known he was once a merc? Unless he's been sitting in Mr. Tong's bar spinning BS to the LBs.

What a tough guy...punching a hardworking Thai man at a gas station.  Punk!

4 hours ago, loong said:

 

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

Paid by the word

2 hours ago, Nicholas Paul KNIGHT said:

Serious doubts about being a mercenary, AND living here for 22 years, but often truth stranger than fiction .Sounds dubious at best, but5 many here reinvent themselves as it sounds better and justifies their odd actions.

Why serious doubts? Sign up at 16 do 6 years. Find work outside the military. It states he is an ex-mercenary, he might only have done it for a few years? If you read the full article it would appear he is well integrated in to the local community and possibly has a farm.

"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..............."

"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.

 

Do we really need to be told 3 (Three!) times in 3 paragraphs that he has been fined and warned/booked by Police? Or 4 (Four!) times that he is a UK national who was a former mercenary?

 

1 hour ago, Excogitator said:

Indeed.. You can't swing a dead cat in Thailand without hitting an ex-special forces/mercenary/secret agent-guy...

No 1 dick mercenary in his own mind.

 

1 hour ago, pomchop said:

and meantime lots of 70/80 y,o farangs have spent years in thailand and never so much as a helmet ticket and yet have to jump throough hoop after hoop to get a visa to stay for six months a year...and this bozo somehow stays 22 years from age 22 claims to be mercenary and punchs someone out and gets off with an apology and a fine...

 

Thailand makes no sense. They want to ban kids from vaping but they'll let 12 years speed around on motorbikes with no helmet and every other kind of stupid driving behavior. That British guy in Pai may get deported but he made rude comments on social media but this guy can stay after a full assault on a Thai. 

Probably a Snitch or Grass on Samui , hand slap only 

35 minutes ago, Taboo2 said:

What a tough guy...punching a hardworking Thai man at a gas station.  Punk!

They are mostly kids too

why did he assault the guy ? did he put diesel in his petrol car?

46 minutes ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

I've never been arrested if that's what you mean... 

Of course, you haven't....................😝

3 hours ago, blazes said:

 

I suspect that most high-school papers have higher standards than CNN, America's version of Pravda. 

Where do you put Faux Entertainment News 

4 hours ago, Classic Ray said:

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.

Maybe he is just using the ubiquitous Thai excuse’ I drank too much’ for his action. Moreover it is water under the bridge as he had time enough to lower the alcohol content in his body so no testing. 

4 hours ago, Classic Ray said:

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.

Maybe he is just using the ubiquitous Thai excuse’ I drank too much’ for his action. Moreover it is water under the bridge as he had time enough to lower the alcohol content in his body so no testing. 

33 minutes ago, sambum said:

"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..............."

"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.

 

Do we really need to be told 3 (Three!) times in 3 paragraphs that he has been fined and warned/booked by Police? Or 4 (Four!) times that he is a UK national who was a former mercenary?

 

Poor journalism or AI spewing garbage. … 

Cops need to keep an eye on this guy. Hard to believe someone who assaults a gas-station attendant and drove intoxicated is the model citizen he purports himself to be. Wife had to be under a lot of pressure to portray him as a saint out of fear of him being deported and loss of support, but wonder what neighbors have to say about this guy. Hope the investigation included a check of this guy's reputation in the neighborhood. Little bit worried about what's going on in the home and potential for domestic violence. 

 

2 hours ago, newbee2022 said:

Is there a secret hidden agreement between UK and Thailand? That UK have permission to deport the dumbest, ugliest, rudest people to Thailand?

A deep state agreement? Sure, his visa can't be revoked. UK will definitely refuse to take this scumbag back. 👎

Thailand’s well known police corruption ,sadly, is a beacon to the whole world’s bad guys and they flocked to Thailand like flies attracted to a garbage dump.