American Accused Of Sexually Assaulting 13 Year Old Girl, Arrested By Pattaya Police

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American accused of sexually assaulting 13 year old girl, arrested by Pattaya Police

PATTAYA:--A 62 year old American, accused of sexually assaulting a 12 year old girl has been arrested by Region 2 Police.

Officers from the Child and Women Protection Unit conducted a raid of a rented house at the Wanatip Village in Soi Neun Plub Wan, East Pattaya early on Thursday Morning and arrested Mr. George Edward Webb. A search of the house was made and items were seized and taken into evidence, including sex-enhancement medication and a video camera.

An arrest warrant for Mr. Webb was issued in September 2011, however he was moving around Pattaya but was not informing Immigration of his real address when completing his 90 day reporting with them, a condition of his long-stay visa.

Full story:http://www.pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/52129/american-accused-sexually-assaulting-13-year-girl-arrested-pattaya-police/

-- Pattaya One 2012-03-29

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American businessman arrested for sex with underage girl

CHON BURI, March 30 - A retired American businessman was arrested in the eastern province of Chon Buri and charged with molesting an underage girl and committing a sex crime against a minor, but he denied all charges.

Pol Lt-Col Kreetha Tankhanarat, Deputy Superintendent of Provincial Police Region 2, led a team of police to arrest the American, identified as George Edward Webb, 62, at a rented house in Bang Lamung district of Chon Buri late Wednesday night.

Col Kreetha said police earlier arrested a procurer who provided girls to foreigners in Pattaya. She confessed to the police that she had delivered a 12-year-old girl to Webb twice in exchange for money.

The senior police officer said when Mr Webb realised that the procurer had been arrested, he moved several times and changed his mobile phone number. He even gave seven false addresses to the Immigration Police until the authorities received information that he was staying at a rented house in Bang Lamung. A court-approved warrant was then sought to arrest him.

Col Kreetha said that the initial investigation found Mr Webb was an owner of a machinery spare parts in the United States but handed over his business to his children. He later came to Thailand and has been living in Pattaya for three years.

He said Mr Webb contacted the procurer to buy sex from underage girls and often changed his vehicle to avoid being arrested.

Police searched his house and found five motorcycles, one pickup truck and one sedan. Condoms and medications to enhance sexual performance were also seized.

Mr Webb denied all charges, included having engaged in sexual activities with a minor under age 13, with or without her consent, and taking and under age 15 child from her parents for sexual purposes. (MCOT online news)

-- TNA 2012-03-30

[Gone]

Good job BiB !!!!!!!!!!!!

Another sick, dimented pedophile off the streets !!!!!!!!

[mickyboy]

if true another silly old man who should know better and thought more with his brain than his dick

if guilty

[transam]

Seems the clean up is working. Hope it sends a message to many more weirdo's in LOS.

[Orac]

if true another silly old man who should know better and thought more with his brain than his dick

if guilty

I am not one to normally jump on the hang em high bandwagon but sexually assaulting a 12 year old girl is a little bit more than silly if, as you qualify, he is actually guilty. Whereas there are certain 'encounters' here which some may call questionable for any number of reasons such as faked ID and the occasional difficulty of identifying the age of some women this is not one of them.

[NewlyMintedThai]

Guilty until proven innocent? Or so it appears on TV.

[petercool]

We can only go on what the report says and it says he eluded police in various ways, faked his immigration reports and was a customer of a caught procurer of under age girls. I struggle to find the innocence in any of that.

[Fishenough]

Are sex-enhancement medications illegal in Thailand?

News doesn't tell you guilty or not guilty, but does leave you wondering if someone reads this particular story and says "hey that's my Dad/Ex".....

[maprao]

If guilty I join the mob hang him attitude.

But anyone who lives in the boonies will have seen Thais doing this all the time and then paying "The families" for the loss of face. I find that more repulsive even though they both fall into the repulsive category!

Should farang know better yes they should!

[finnomick1]

Play with fire and you'll get your fingers burned, sooner or later. In this case ( if proven ) maybe they should also think of roast chestnuts...

[macksview]

if a perpertrator is guilty who cares if he is black white brindle, another one of the street is great news.

[theoldgit]

Guilty until proven innocent? Or so it appears on TV.

I agree, if he is guilty then he deserves everything he gets, and well done to the police for taking him off the streets.

On the other hand, if, and it's a big if, he's the victim of a "stitch up" by the young girls family then I'm not sure that he will get a fair trial.

[chasntong]

Some Thai man has run off my wife's 13 year old Grand daughter from Singburi to Bangkok, the Mother told the police but when the man said he would pay for the loss of face the Mother/police have forgotten about it, that was 8 months ago, no money has been seen as of yet

[theoldgit]

Some Thai man has run off my wife's 13 year old Grand daughter from Singburi to Bangkok, the Mother told the police but when the man said he would pay for the loss of face the Mother/police have forgotten about it, that was 8 months ago, no money has been seen as of yet

That's dreadfull, it's got <Snip!> all to do with the loss of face, it's about stealing your wife's gradaughters childhood.

I hate to say it but "Amazing Thailand".

Edited March 30, 2012 by metisdead

[petercool]

To "theoldgit" - yes, you can indeed get "stitched up" by a family who might have known or even arranged that you had sex with their 12 year old daughter but the act itself is still illegal and morally inexcusable.

[SailingHome]

Yep. This is just sick. One more gone. What about the evidence? We;re talking sex capitol and he had viagra/cialis and a video camera. Never says what evidence led to an arrest warrant.

Am I correct to assume that in, Thailand, due process is not a right?

[MILT]

So sick of hearing about these bottom feeders!!!!!!!!!

These sexual misfits ruin young people lives and that is so tragic.

Where there is smoke, there is usually fire.

[pointoffew]

Guilty until proven innocent? Or so it appears on TV.

Completely agree. I'm the last to defend sex offenders, but he isn't one until he's proven guilty.

Having said that, it's a shame that Thai media - TV included - name and shame suspects. IMO, an inexcusable violation of fundamental human rights. But then, even the BBC names and shames suspects. Disgusting.

IF proven guilt, may he rot in jail, Thai jail that is - and the same applies to the procurer.

Question remains why he wasn't arrested when doing his 90 day reporting with Immigration. In theory, he could do it via mail, but the story suggest he didn't (and some if not most Immigration branches plainly lie to foreigners, claiming it is 'impossible' to do the 90-day reporting via mail, not sure what Pattaya says about this). IF he reported via mail, they could have tried to arrest him at his mail address, but that might require patience

Edited March 30, 2012 by pointoffew

[petercool]

to "Sailing Home" - due process equates to fairness and in most cases I have seen in Thailand that can and does apply. A person is caught via an arrest warrant, can be jailed then bailed and the court will decide the outcome. Legal representation may not be freely provided though as it can be elsewhere.

[theoldgit]

To "theoldgit" - yes, you can indeed get "stitched up" by a family who might have known or even arranged that you had sex with their 12 year old daughter but the act itself is still illegal and morally inexcusable.

That's not what I meant, I'm talking about a family that might stitch up an innocent person by saying that they had procured a youngster for sex for them, when in fact they hadn't.

I don't know if this guy is guilty or not, nobody here does, but from the comments here most people would have had him hung, drawn and quartered by now.

I do agree that the act itself is illegal and morally inexcusable, and I wouldn't attempt to defend it.

[petercool]

Ok. I understand. That is always possible and in this case the procurer could have lied but then how would she have known him and his other actions speak against that possibility to my mind. In other cases, the burden of proof is with the family and just their word is not likely to gain any conviction even if they might gain money from a scared guy.

[RichardinBKK]

Well, it seems that "....gave seven false addresses to the Immigration Police" is seven charges they have to work with right out of the gate. That should keep him under lock and key until they get the evidence required for the second level of charges. I wonder if they were to interview the child in question, she might be able to furnish details about the suspect that are impossible to refute. Like... tattoos - scars - a specific description of his home - if he employed a camera - if he spoke any Thai - his favorite beverage - the color of the pills he took - any "toys" he owned - details about his "member" - or any antidote about his personal life only she might know... etc. Even in a set up---those would be impossible to know without some contact. When they send him to hell on earth (Thai prison) it would be nice to think his special treatment is deserved without question.

Frankly, I tend to beleive a man on the run...has a reason to. Think about it. He had a long stay Visa, but lied 7 times about his address, transferred his wealth to others, switched addresses often, and cars. Hmmmmmm....wonder why.

Oh...I think I know. He is a pedifile on the run?....yes, that could be it.

[theoldgit]

Ok. I understand. That is always possible and in this case the procurer could have lied but then how would she have known him and his other actions speak against that possibility to my mind. In other cases, the burden of proof is with the family and just their word is not likely to gain any conviction even if they might gain money from a scared guy.

Obviously as I have no first hand knowledge of this incident, I cannot begin to answer your questions.

What I can tell you that when I was in dispute with my ex she made up some pretty malicious allegations against me, thankfully not in the same ball park as this, thankfully the police didn't believe her, but is she had made them on TV, then who knows what would have happend.

It was only when I filed defamation charges against her did she admit to making it all up.

Edited March 30, 2012 by theoldgit

[allan michaud]

Some Thai man has run off my wife's 13 year old Grand daughter from Singburi to Bangkok, the Mother told the police but when the man said he would pay for the loss of face the Mother/police have forgotten about it, that was 8 months ago, no money has been seen as of yet

Personally I would cut his nuts off.

[macksview]

i knew a man in australia, his wife made exceptionally malicious statements about him, 3 months on remand, branded a kiddie fiddler, all charges dropped later, his wife just wanted him to suffer, and suffer he did.

the man was branded, guilty before innocent.

most peds, i have met are guilty, i have not seen many walk free from court.

peds, in a developing/3rd world country disturb me, access to money, corrupt officials, anonymity, make their crimes all the far easier to comitt and too avoid punishment.

[allan michaud]

To "theoldgit" - yes, you can indeed get "stitched up" by a family who might have known or even arranged that you had sex with their 12 year old daughter but the act itself is still illegal and morally inexcusable.

That's not what I meant, I'm talking about a family that might stitch up an innocent person by saying that they had procured a youngster for sex for them, when in fact they hadn't.

I don't know if this guy is guilty or not, nobody here does, but from the comments here most people would have had him hung, drawn and quartered by now.

I do agree that the act itself is illegal and morally inexcusable, and I wouldn't attempt to defend it.

Its not that unusual. A friend who runs several guesthouses has taken in several street kids, educated them and given them jobs, he's very well respected and liked. A family around the corner sent their young daughter to try to get taken in by him, he talked to some of his staff about doing this but was then warned that she had a family and it was their plan to accuse him of molesting her and then blackmailing him.

I am also not condoning anything, just commenting on what does happen from time to time.

[maprao]

So sick of hearing about these bottom feeders!!!!!!!!!

These sexual misfits ruin young people lives and that is so tragic.

Where there is smoke, there is usually fire.

lol in the old days in Northern Ireland the mention of a rumour or as you suggest in your post "smoke" often got innocent people "knee capped" with baseball bats and guns. But hey there was smoke there so there must of been fire. Regrettably that was not always the case.

So the there is no smoke without fire falls into the total BS category for me. The police need to fix these foreigners if guilty and also the incident that chasntong describes is all too familiar. Get them all.

Edited March 30, 2012 by maprao

[petercool]

In an ideal world, only court convictions would get reported and then the debates would be short. But when every arrest seems to hit the local news that's all we see and react to. I am willing to give anyone the benefit of the doubt but cannot help speculating none the less.

[pacovl46]

I don't get it. He did his 90-day report at least once since the arrest warrant was issued and they failed to arrest him at the immigration office??? Why wasn't his name flagged?