British Couple's Thailand Dream Becomes Legal Nightmare

[George FmplesdaCosteedback]

12 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

Like you did to your country.

What is that supposed to mean? The government of the UK he is talking about so who and what country are you talking about?

 

[George FmplesdaCosteedback]

I have to say this is badly reported. There is little about what the dispute was about and how the altercation began. There is nothing about the case against the Thais.

Whoever wrote this is expecting everyone to look it up online or read the reports in the UK press.

Only by reading the sensible replies do we get an idea of what has happened and what is likely going forward.

 

The court cases will sort this out when they are eventually held.

 

[geisha]

6 hours ago, Humpy said:

Daily Mail .... ''They confronted the pair, a couple in their 40s said to have been their neighbours, and told them to leave the property. But the unnamed man, believed to be from the UK, then launched a vicious attack on them aided by his partner, a Thai national, which was captured on CCTV.''

Hopefully , as it was all captured on CCTV that must mean something positive for the British couple ?? Surely the British thug and Thai wife cannot get away with such blatant violence ? A slanging match I can live with, but beating an elderly couple unconscious ? I really hope court can find the younger couple guilty and that the elderly couple find peace.

[geisha]

4 hours ago, Harrisfan said:

Nobody knows what happened

It’s all on CCTV.

[Harrisfan]

1 minute ago, geisha said:

It’s all on CCTV.

Nobody on here

[CG1 Blue]

Why do people keep commenting about a 'Thai couple' being the attackers? 

 

The attackers were a bloke from the UK and his Thai wife! 

 

People who don't read threads before commenting....🤦‍♂️

 

[GammaGlobulin]

7 hours ago, glennamy said:

Try and get help from David Lammy? 😂 I'm afraid you do not have the correct heritage or culture for that imbecile to care about your situation!  

 

He looks more like the Idi Amin type.

Wonder if he, too, has a taste for human flesh.

 

[thaibeachlovers]

14 hours ago, Bangkokhatter said:

Relevance ?

Being polite to the Thais and not causing a problem is always a good idea in Thailand.

 

Where it all went wrong for the Brit couple was buying a house- I wonder how much they know about Thailand? Had they just rented, none of the subsequent trouble would have happened. Anyway, why would people of their age want to buy property? Were they intending to leave it to their children?

[thaibeachlovers]

4 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

You are too kind... there No justice system in THailand... A Dutch man claimed at the court that he had to paid much more for the same treatment in a Government hospital than a Thai for exact the same and went to court but the judge decided that foreigners have more money so it was ok this double pricing.. And wht do you think about the refusing of bails for the protestors every time... but when a former fugitive is coming back, he is the hero and for his violating section 112 he get bail and even is allowed to visit other countries and get a political job... and the Red Bull saga... and many more cases. Thailand is only based on corruption and the few persons in power who tell the judges what to decide.. Even a Jury could not change that, and the same for the ridiculous banning of MFP and always in favor of the Government parties... No there is no justice system and it is easy as most Thais are low educated and earn just enough not starve and can't even afford a lawyer... So justice system feels safe. The only thing to change things is that the public won't accept it anymore

If I assume that everything you say is true, doesn't it mean that farangs need to avoid trouble in LOS.

Had they rented and had a problem with scum neighbours, then they could just move, but oh no, they had to go all too posh to rent and buy an expensive house, which IMO was their first mistake. Then they made more mistakes. Farangs should learn more about the culture they want to live in before making expensive mistakes.

[Anthony mellows]

16 hours ago, hotsun said:

British people dont have a home country anymore. Their government gave their country away

What are you on about?

[Ralf001]

8 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:

 

They are just words, hot air, and I would bet my left one that if the guy was built like a brick sh-t house wall covered in tatts, the Thai would have thought twice about picking on a 77 year old, seriously.

 

I had an old guy cut in front of me a while back on a Friday night back in the home country, I beeped my horn and he kept brake checking me, until we came to the red lights, when I pounced out of the car, ran up to his window and ready to start throwing em, he wound his window down and spat at me saying F off, I swear, I could have knocked him out and done some serious damage, because I was so enraged, but I managed to calm down, walk back to my car and laugh in pity for the guy.

 

Bwahahahahaha, cool story hansel.

[hotsun]

7 minutes ago, Anthony mellows said:

What are you on about?

Ask the 50 or so people who liked my post, they seem to know im on to something

[Joe Boy Walton]

The things not said in this article speak volumes.

[ikke1959]

3 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

If I assume that everything you say is true, doesn't it mean that farangs need to avoid trouble in LOS.

Had they rented and had a problem with scum neighbours, then they could just move, but oh no, they had to go all too posh to rent and buy an expensive house, which IMO was their first mistake. Then they made more mistakes. Farangs should learn more about the culture they want to live in before making expensive mistakes.

As a foreigner living 20 years in Thailand, I will never understand the Thai culture.. Even in 20 years I don't know what their culture is.. Friendships are based on money and profits, justice is far away, they can get angry for nothing... in fact the only I noticed is that in fact you have to keep Thais away from you as much as possible.. and live your own life here.. that is the best.. I thought many times I had friends, but Thai people don't know friendship.. and they let you down as soon as they don't get what they want... which can be everything. money, borrrowing something, a tiny discussion, and things that in the western society are no problems, will cost you here the friendship with them.

And buying a property what is the problem with that??? Is non of your business why they want to and what they will do with them after they are gone.. That is another thing. Thais are very intrusive in your life

[hotsun]

7 minutes ago, ikke1959 said:

As a foreigner living 20 years in Thailand, I will never understand the Thai culture.. Even in 20 years I don't know what their culture is.. Friendships are based on money and profits, justice is far away, they can get angry for nothing... in fact the only I noticed is that in fact you have to keep Thais away from you as much as possible.. and live your own life here.. that is the best.. I thought many times I had friends, but Thai people don't know friendship.. and they let you down as soon as they don't get what they want... which can be everything. money, borrrowing something, a tiny discussion, and things that in the western society are no problems, will cost you here the friendship with them.

And buying a property what is the problem with that??? Is non of your business why they want to and what they will do with them after they are gone.. That is another thing. Thais are very intrusive in your life

Thats no kind of life. Why do you still live there then

[SongSomSoda]

17 hours ago, smedly said:

stories like this come down to one thing IMO

 

money

 

Why is this elderly couple still in Thailand, they need to get out now

 

yes , and very quick.  sell everything and hop into the next plane back to UK, even if it means crossing the border illegaly to Cambodia/Myanmar/Laos/ etc and fly from there.

 

if they stay it is going to be  REALLY expensive and thais milk them down to 0 baht and they have to beg for money from the  internet ( gofundme ) because the are going to be broke af.

[SongSomSoda]

they choosed thailand as retirement desitination. why? because of the warm weather and temples or what?  

 

no rocket science that this will end badly. 

 

thailand is okay for some weeks holiday but living there ? geez!  especially as eldery you dont want 30+ degrees every day.

[Jim Blue]

7 minutes ago, SongSomSoda said:

 

 

thailand is okay for some weeks holiday but living there ? geez!  especially as eldery you dont want 30+ degrees every day.

My nuts prefer the heat to ice cold !

[smedly]

33 minutes ago, SongSomSoda said:

yes , and very quick.  sell everything and hop into the next plane back to UK, even if it means crossing the border illegaly to Cambodia/Myanmar/Laos/ etc and fly from there.

correct

[Felton Jarvis]

12 hours ago, rough diamond said:

Do you have a real life away from the keyboard?

 

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Please note that I do NOT respond to all of your posts. I only ever respond to your asinine posts and never create a post against you.  If you stopped your hundreds of posts per day you would not get so many replies.

I suggest that you either reduce your posts or stop crying (wolf).

 

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The "ignore" tab has served me well. I have over half the forum members on ignore. A fair percentage of the membership are troublemakers or criminal types. Want to challenge me? I will ignore you too.  🙂

[thaibeachlovers]

1 hour ago, ikke1959 said:

And buying a property what is the problem with that??? Is non of your business why they want to and what they will do with them after they are gone.

Do tell, LOL. None of this OP is any of our business but we are commenting on it, including you.

 

If you don't know what is the problem for buying property in LOS, you really don't understand Thai culture.

[thaibeachlovers]

48 minutes ago, SongSomSoda said:

especially as eldery you dont want 30+ degrees every day.

Ever heard of AC?

[DualSportBiker]

20 hours ago, Cameroni said:

 

Well clearly Thai police and justice system is very fair, if the Brit couple did nothing they will be acquitted.

 

However, if they attacked and caused the altercation they will be rightly punished.

 

We can have total faith in Thai justice.

"Clearly"? Don't judge based on a single experience. That is not how life works.

[ikke1959]

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Do tell, LOL. None of this OP is any of our business but we are commenting on it, including you.

 

If you don't know what is the problem for buying property in LOS, you really don't understand Thai culture.

Ok... please explain to me the Thai culture than..... I am curious and am willing to learn

[ikke1959]

2 hours ago, hotsun said:

Thats no kind of life. Why do you still live there then

again somebody who want to get rid of foreigners....instead welcoming tan and be grateful that they contribute to the Thai economic and are tax paying.....in spite of many netizens 

[Balance]

The only way the land question can be explained is it was a condo, which can be owned, and there were gardening plots allocated by condo unit.  If this is the case, the bloody management could have straightened it out with the police.

 

All in all, the story, as reported, does not make any sense.

 

 

[proton]

17 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

 

Yes.

THIS is the thing about SE Asian countries.

 

It was very unlikely that the likes of the British couple and the aggressive guy from UK came from the same social strata in their home country, England.

 

However, it is often the case that in SE Asia, one unfortunately rubs shoulders with the wrong sort, not out of choice but necessity, or just dumb luck.

 

This is why I stay clear of Farang in Thailand.

 

One has no way of knowing what they might have been up to in their home countries, what kind of setting it was where they grew up, and many other important considerations.

 

This nice couple, most probably, would never have interacted  with the other sort, if it had not been for unluckily choosing a house in HH.

 

In the UK, this probably would never have happened.

 

And, this seems to be not the fault of the local community, but the fault of a UK import from the wrong side of the tracks.

 

Stay clear of Farang here, and be happier....!

 

 

 

Very true the only times in over 30 years I had a problem with anyone here it was other foreigners, liars, users, cheaters and low life's. You only have to look some of these vlogs they can't help uploading to see what sorts they are. Eg

 

[roo860]

20 minutes ago, proton said:

 

Very true the only times in over 30 years I had a problem with anyone here it was other foreigners, liars, users, cheaters and low life's. You only have to look some of these vlogs they can't help uploading to see what sorts they are. Eg

 

😅😅 another thick Paddy.

[wavodavo]

On 3/10/2025 at 1:43 PM, Ralf001 said:

as neither of them can own land... how did they end up in a land dispute ?

I saw  a video on uk sun where one night the pommy couple were inside their villa and they noticed the neighbour carting away their potplants and went out to challenge them.The theif attacked the old bloke and then his lovely wife attacked the old girl and ko'd her. From what I saw in the video I cant't see how they turned this around.Maybe there was problems before with them .

[Ricky HKT]

Somehow I think there is more to this story. 

Typically Thai people are respectful to people (including Farang), especially to elders. 

I looked at the video, and it seems as though the Thai neighbours are very angry with the Brits, almost as if they have been fighting for awhile. Doesn't seem like they just started this row.

And taking the plants out of the garden and throwing them back to the Brits front gate. Another sign of an  ongoing dispute.

Yes, the physical beatings seem quite excessive.

Jai yen yen!!

Why can't we just get along?