1 hour ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

Not sure where you're getting this from. The video starts with the young man coming onto the older couple's (leased) property, picking up their plant pots and dumping them at their front door, then waving at their camera and yelling to gain their attention. All the footage comes from the same viewing angle, so it's clear that the entire video is from a CCTV camera at or above the older couple's front door and everything we see takes place in front of their house.

 

This is also made clear by the narrative of the events in the interview they gave to The Sun newspaper. And although the older guy did aim a slight kick at the younger guy, even if he made slight contact (which it's not clear that he did) that is absolutely no justification whatsoever for prolonged frenzy of violence he was then subjected to. 

 

The older guy was punched twenty-two times in the head, after he was already lying unconscious on the ground. And these were not light taps, these were full swings of each arm, against a motionless, unconscious and therefore defenceless older opponent. In what universe is that justified by an attempted kick out that as far as I can tell, might not even have landed?

The old couples door was foreground right.

The young couples door was background right.

 

The old people appeared to have been planting beside the young couples house.

The beating happens outside the young couples front door.

On 3/16/2025 at 3:57 PM, Webfoot said:

I’ve never lived in Thailand but I have been vacationing here for the past 27 years or so on a yearly basis.  The number of altercations I’ve had I can count on one hand and all of them have been with other foreigners.

 

I have lived here for 33 years and have seen many savage beatings and even a couple of serious stabbings.

 

All Thai on Thai or Thai on foreigner. 

On 3/16/2025 at 6:08 AM, Spock said:

Did you ever catch up with the actual facts - that the young guy is British, not Thai?

 

If he was British why would be yelling “go back to where you came from” and “go home?”

On 3/10/2025 at 10:40 AM, Denim said:

Great for the countries image.

 

If this all happened in December 2003 probably all done and dusted by now.

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