British Tourist's Thai Jail Ordeal: Forced to Drink Urine for Survival

[Grumpy one]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

Picture courtesy of The Daily Mail

 

Lewis Green, a 22-year-old traveller from Staffordshire, endured a harrowing ordeal after being incarcerated and mistreated in a Thai jail. Set against the backdrop of a two-month solo adventure in Thailand, Green's nightmare began on 24th January in Hua Hin, merely a day before he was due to return home.

 

Green's horrifying account unveils a narrative of being drugged, beaten, and starved while shackled in a squalid police cell. He alleged that he was forced to consume his own urine from the cell floor due to dehydration and lack of clean water. The young tourist, who sustained serious injuries including fractured ribs and a broken wrist, contends he was targeted and possibly spiked with the hallucination-inducing drug Dimethyltryptamine (DMT).

 

Reflecting on his grim experience, Green recalled, "They flooded the cell and I had no option but to drink the filthy water. I was handcuffed and left to deteriorate without food or care."

 

His ordeal reportedly extended beyond physical abuse. Speaking from the UK, Green explained that ultimately, he managed to buy his release for an eye-watering payment of £7,000 (307,000 Baht).

 

Green's arrest spiralled into chaos following a dispute at a cannabis dispensary. Though he vividly recalls arguing with the dispensary's owner, the precise details of his arrest remain blurred. Despite being cleared of taking illegal substances, Green expressed his disbelief over an unfounded car theft accusation, stating, "I didn’t steal the car. I was incapacitated and unaware of what was happening."

 

 

 

His release only came after further payments, including £4,500 (198,000 Baht) in fines and £1,700 (74,000 Baht) in compensation to the car's owner.

 

In the wake of Green's detention, his family mobilised rapidly. His father, Peter, flew to Thailand, while his mother, Colleen Wilding, liaised with the British Embassy and local police. "It was his dream trip," lamented Wilding. "But our fears grew when communication ceased."

 

Back in England, Green sought medical treatment, revealing not just physical injuries but also dramatic shifts in his mental state. This led to his temporary admission to a psychiatric hospital for detailed evaluation. reported DAily Mail.

 

Amidst this turbulent saga, warnings about tourist safety in Thailand persist. Notably, the Foreign Office highlights issues of drink and vape spiking, underscoring the plight of travellers like Green.

 

Determined to turn this experience into a cautionary tale, the Green family has launched a GoFundMe campaign to support his recovery and to alert others of potential risks abroad. As Lewis Green focuses on healing, his story serves as a stark reminder of the complex and often perilous realities facing international tourists, reported The Thaiger.

 

-- 2025-03-22

 

 

To be honest he looks like he is still off his face, as for his sad, sad tale, I call cow manure 

[Nick Carter icp]

He also says '

 

"Drugs are everywhere and I was offered cocaine and ketamine on the streets and you can smoke cannabis legally but I was on my own so the strongest thing I had was a few beers."

 

So, what was he doing on a cannabis dispensary ?

 

[PomPolo]

7 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

He also says '

 

"Drugs are everywhere and I was offered cocaine and ketamine on the streets and you can smoke cannabis legally but I was on my own so the strongest thing I had was a few beers."

 

So, what was he doing on a cannabis dispensary ?

 

Must admit I am sure it happens but been here about 20 years and only once ever been offered cocaine was in a nightclub not the street and I politely declined but I'm a bit older than him.

Personally I think this lad is is full of <deleted> maybe he was in a cannabis dispensary doing research for his next travel blog on everything not to do in thailand or fancied a bird in there 🤣@Nick Carter icp

[Trip Hop]

As someone else has stated, he has that "I'm Billy Big Balls" look about him and his attitude has got him in trouble.  No doubt he has kicked off in the cells thinking the consulate is going to rescue him and that he can get away with it in exactly the same way he can in the UK.  In doing so he has alienated not only the police but the rest of the detainees and has suffered the consequences.

 

I've been banged up here once for DUI and whilst the cells aren't great they're nothing like he describes.  Whilst there might not have been an endless supply, he would have had enough water to sustain himself and if he didn't have the common sense to preserve it, that is even more evident of his immaturity.  There are also farang charities that come around the cells to check on farang detainees, offering a bottle of water and a few slices of bread or similar to make sure that you're getting some food.  Even whilst in the cells, once I had engaged  with the locals and they had seen that I was just a normal guy and I had no attitude or air of superiority to myself, I found them compassionate and friendly, offering to share their drinks and chocolate with me.

 

Obviously the guy has found out the hard way that regardless of where you are from and who you think you are, it makes no difference here.  The £5k story for flights is also BS too unless they didn't fly economy.  Like a spoilt child he's now doing his best to do a character assassination attempt on the country whilst expecting others to pay for his mistakes. 

[1sickpuppy]

9 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

Why drink urine off the floor ?

 

surely there were other inmates that he could have sourced direct from.

Why is it the pomm. or Pc scammers

ys in my 30 years in Thai are F in T head And too many Pedos sum num nah

[whitfield]

54 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

"An extraordinary story that could happen to anyone if you get stoned or drunk".

Extraordinary indeed but definitely not "something that could happen to anyone who gets drunk".   If your tale is true and he appeared in court and was acquitted at least he would have had his B200,000 bail returned. 

That's the point.  He wasn't acquitted as promised. Drinking alone is the key, getting out of it makes you vulnerable. 

[geisha]

I’ve just read the story on the go fund me page/ Lewis Green.  The AN story and his mothers is completely different. The bit about a girl and a car sounds feasible. It certainly sounds like he had a very violent reaction to some sort of drug. That happens. I remember in the early 70s a boy we knew died with LSD in totally crazy circumstances. And he has been hurt physically and mentally. 
Green has certainly been in a very bad way since. There is no mention of what he was charged with, and how he got out of prison with no court case etc. 
Im in 2 minds here about the real story. 

[sahibji]

9 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

Why drink urine off the floor ?

 

surely there were other inmates that he could have sourced direct from.

joke in extremely bad taste

[PomPolo]

4 hours ago, TheFishman1 said:

For the corruption of the police department here unbelievable so some head cop made over 7500 pounds and I guarantee if they investigate it they’re gonna find the long trail of we don’t remember the camera was broken this is that all BS police Department is the worst corruption top to bottom like everything else here TIT

I disagree I doubt they battered him and if they did they should have hit him harder so he definitely won't come back to Thailand because he is a little druggy pussy 🇹🇭

[simon43]

2 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Cobblers.  

With my scientist hat on, I wouldn't say that it is beneficial for your health, but as an emergency short-term solution in a desert, it might keep you alive.  (Sitting in a prison cell is not an emergency, dehydration scenario...)

 

Pee is about 95% water, but the other 5% is urea and excess chemicals/minerals in your body that your excretory system (kidneys etc) are filtering out from your blood.  So drink pee for a lengthy period and you're just putting those excess chemicals back into your body again.

 

I know some people claim wonderful health properties from drinking pee, but the science doesn't stack up.

[Ironmike]

Oh please are you kindling me yet another British tourist claiming another gofundme so he gets a free trip,, enough is enough he stole a car so he should rot in prison this is a joke,, how many more Poms are going to smuggle cell phones into the prison here to take pictures this is fake news

[Harrisfan]

16 minutes ago, simon43 said:

With my scientist hat on, I wouldn't say that it is beneficial for your health, but as an emergency short-term solution in a desert, it might keep you alive.  (Sitting in a prison cell is not an emergency, dehydration scenario...)

 

Pee is about 95% water, but the other 5% is urea and excess chemicals/minerals in your body that your excretory system (kidneys etc) are filtering out from your blood.  So drink pee for a lengthy period and you're just putting those excess chemicals back into your body again.

 

I know some people claim wonderful health properties from drinking pee, but the science doesn't stack up.

Thats why I only drink it twice a week.

[sabai-dee-man]

Druggies! 🙄🙄🙄

[kuzmabruk]

11 hours ago, quake said:

Sounds like BS to me.

 

Agreed.  Another gofundme tale from the UK.  Might actually be originated from Africa where the romance scams are run from

[roo860]

5 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Where has it been reported that he was from a gypsy/traveller family?

It didn’t, but the opening line said traveller, which could mean that was what he was back home, where normally it would possibly say, tourist, holiday maker, back packer? Another poster stated the same, that's how I interpreted the opening line. You of course might think differently.

[AsiaCheese]

Daily Mail - the source for unpolluted truth and straight recounting of facts.

[CLUBBER]

13 hours ago, webfact said:

Picture courtesy of The Daily Mail

 

Lewis Green, a 22-year-old traveller from Staffordshire, endured a harrowing ordeal after being incarcerated and mistreated in a Thai jail. Set against the backdrop of a two-month solo adventure in Thailand, Green's nightmare began on 24th January in Hua Hin, merely a day before he was due to return home.

 

Green's horrifying account unveils a narrative of being drugged, beaten, and starved while shackled in a squalid police cell. He alleged that he was forced to consume his own urine from the cell floor due to dehydration and lack of clean water. The young tourist, who sustained serious injuries including fractured ribs and a broken wrist, contends he was targeted and possibly spiked with the hallucination-inducing drug Dimethyltryptamine (DMT).

 

Reflecting on his grim experience, Green recalled, "They flooded the cell and I had no option but to drink the filthy water. I was handcuffed and left to deteriorate without food or care."

 

His ordeal reportedly extended beyond physical abuse. Speaking from the UK, Green explained that ultimately, he managed to buy his release for an eye-watering payment of £7,000 (307,000 Baht).

 

Green's arrest spiralled into chaos following a dispute at a cannabis dispensary. Though he vividly recalls arguing with the dispensary's owner, the precise details of his arrest remain blurred. Despite being cleared of taking illegal substances, Green expressed his disbelief over an unfounded car theft accusation, stating, "I didn’t steal the car. I was incapacitated and unaware of what was happening."

 

 

 

His release only came after further payments, including £4,500 (198,000 Baht) in fines and £1,700 (74,000 Baht) in compensation to the car's owner.

 

In the wake of Green's detention, his family mobilised rapidly. His father, Peter, flew to Thailand, while his mother, Colleen Wilding, liaised with the British Embassy and local police. "It was his dream trip," lamented Wilding. "But our fears grew when communication ceased."

 

Back in England, Green sought medical treatment, revealing not just physical injuries but also dramatic shifts in his mental state. This led to his temporary admission to a psychiatric hospital for detailed evaluation. reported DAily Mail.

 

Amidst this turbulent saga, warnings about tourist safety in Thailand persist. Notably, the Foreign Office highlights issues of drink and vape spiking, underscoring the plight of travellers like Green.

 

Determined to turn this experience into a cautionary tale, the Green family has launched a GoFundMe campaign to support his recovery and to alert others of potential risks abroad. As Lewis Green focuses on healing, his story serves as a stark reminder of the complex and often perilous realities facing international tourists, reported The Thaiger.

 

-- 2025-03-22

 

 

Another loser dishonest POS💩 scum from the west ! Giving us all a bad name because he's too lazy to work and gets in trouble here . So he gets in trouble and makes up a whole story of abuse and terrible treatment ! Now the poor little <deleted> has PTSD and injuries and needs a go fund me for money ! What a pathetic excuse of a man . His parents probably also in on it !

[CLUBBER]

12 hours ago, norfolkandchance said:

Good old GoFundMe. £370 raised looking for 1K !

Yeah another loser I'm sure his parents are as well it's pathetic

[ExpatInCM]

"The young tourist, who sustained serious injuries including fractured ribs and a broken wrist, contends he was targeted and possibly spiked with the hallucination-inducing drug Dimethyltryptamine (DMT)."

 

He seems to contending he was targeted and drugged BEFORE his argument at the cannabis shop. And that is why his memory of the argument is cloudy.

 

AND he seems to be contending that he was so very drugged by whoever did this to him, that he was hallucinating and therefore either not responsible for stealing the car or even unaware that he was stealing a car when he took the car. 

[CLUBBER]

7 hours ago, PomPolo said:

Go fund me appears to have become the modern way to get money for a holiday, why don't they all just do it the old fashioned way and save up for a holiday, get correct travel insurance and behave when abroad it's not rocket science

Because that would require working and a little bit of discipline , they don't like that ! That's so off fashioned .

[ExpatInCM]

44 minutes ago, ExpatInCM said:

"The young tourist, who sustained serious injuries including fractured ribs and a broken wrist, contends he was targeted and possibly spiked with the hallucination-inducing drug Dimethyltryptamine (DMT)."

 

He seems to contending he was targeted and drugged BEFORE his argument at the cannabis shop. And that is why his memory of the argument is cloudy.

 

AND he seems to be contending that he was so very drugged by whoever did this to him, that he was hallucinating and therefore either not responsible for stealing the car or even unaware that he was stealing a car when he took the car. 

 

At his GoFundMe page:

 

1) he said he was "set up by a local and being asked to drive her vehicle which then landed him up being arrested and locked up for four days in a Thai holding at the police station".

 

This setup included drugging him. 

 

2) his mother wrote: "we know Lewis was drugged in Thailand with a drug that he said just gave him a over whelming feeling of psychosis".   

 

He wasn't drugged at the police station with this hallucination causing drug or on his own. He was drugged by the woman who set him up and asked him to drive her car. 

 

Many of your replies to this post about this man, who was very much a victim, were cruel, very unfair, and off base!  

 

He is not a drug addict, he is gainful employed in the UK, and a reputable person. Go read his story at his GoFundMe page ( https://www.gofundme.com/f/lewis-green-ordeal-in-thailand?qid=60033ad7238c655fe11f78b7a179e367 )  because the story was described her in this forum on Aseannow.com is poorly written, misleading, and very ambiguous in its description of what occurred. 

[Tatman95]

14 hours ago, Oliver Holzerfilled said:

He should have stuck to alcohol instead of the devil's herb and he wouldn't have gotten himself into this mess.

the devils herb 

shows what little you no

[NobbyClarke]

Complete B.S.

Next time he goes away he should take him Mummy with him. He appears to be mentally disturbed 

[dgiraud]

Opened a gofund me..😂😂😂😂

[GoodieAfterDark]

21 hours ago, webfact said:

 

 

Determined to turn this experience into a cautionary tale, the Green family has launched a GoFundMe campaign to support his recovery and to alert others of potential risks abroad. As Lewis Green focuses on healing, his story serves as a stark reminder of the complex and often perilous realities facing international tourists, reported The Thaiger.

 

Well, well, well. I wasted my time to read this POS article that is responsible for changing my mental state of mind. I am feeling euphoric, mad, and pissed at same time. I need to start a GoFundMe to treat my condition.

 

 

[BexMan]

20 hours ago, garzhe said:

Here's a link to the go fund me page where his mother is making an appeal to recover his losses.  A different story as to what is reported here.      https://www.gofundme.com/f/lewis-green-ordeal-in-thailand

£5k for a return ticket for his Dad and a single for Lewis to the UK seems a lot, even at short notice.

[Boedog]

Too many things in his story don't add up or make sense

[Oliver Holzerfilled]

12 minutes ago, BexMan said:

£5k for a return ticket for his Dad and a single for Lewis to the UK seems a lot, even at short notice.

5k GBP buys a roundtrip non-stop business class and a one way non-stop business class to London.  And with enough left over for dad to go to a massage shop a couple of times for a tug before heading back.

[thaibeachlovers]

21 hours ago, Kinok Farang said:

Forced to drink his own piss.

Good job he wasn't hungry then!

Not only forced to drink his own piss but off the cell floor while shackled. He's claiming there wasn't even a tap for water to flush the toilet then?

 

Sounds like he stole a car while under the influence of whatever drugs he was using, crashed it causing the injuries, and used the subsequent incarceration to avoid being called out for being a prat.

If he was treated badly, likely because he was being insulting or generally annoying the Thais.

 

While I wasn't there to know ( obviously ) sounds like just another numptie that bought a plane ticket to LOS and while there behaved badly. Some people should be banned from traveling for their own safety.

[thaibeachlovers]

6 hours ago, Tatman95 said:

the devils herb 

shows what little you no

That shows what little you know. Many cases of mental problems from using weed. I personally know someone that became a nutter from using it to much.

The biggest lie is that it's harmless.