British Sex Fiend Arrested In Phuket

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British sex fiend arrested in Phuket
Phuket Gazette


Convicted sex offender Hugh Glass (seated), arrested in Phuket, will be deported and handed over to the British authorites. Photo: Phuket Immigration

PHUKET: -- British national Hugh Glass, 57, wanted for multiple sex crimes involving children, was arrested yesterday afternoon while walking along the beach road in Phuket’s key tourism town of Patong.

Col Chayawut Jansomboon of the Immigration Police in Bangkok led officers to arrest Mr Glass on Thaweewong Road at 3:30pm.

The arrest followed Jonathan King of the UK-based Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) meeting Royal Thai Police Immigration chief Lt Gen Pharnu Kerdlarpphon in Bangkok last Thursday.

At the meeting, Mr King presented Gen Pharnu evidence Mr Glass had served a prison sentence in Malta after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting a child.

Once it was proved Mr Glass had been previously convicted of a sex crime, Gen Pharnu ordered for his permit to stay to be revoked and that the UK national be deported, and handed over to the British authorities.

Mr Glass’ criminal record stretches back to 1974, when he was 18 years old and handed down a suspended sentence for sexual assault, explained Phuket Immigration Investigator Chidchanok Sakornyen.

Arrested for repeat offenses in the United States in 1982, 1989 and 1990, Mr Glass was handed down a total of 20 years in prison. However, he was released from prison in the US on November 11, 1998.

Mr Glass resurfaced in Malta, where in 2006 he was sentenced to six years in prison for sexual assault of a child.

Released after four years behind bars, on April 9, 2010, Mr Glass found his way to Thailand were he started working in hotels, Lt Col Chidchanok said.

“Out most recent records show that he arrived in Phuket on February 18 this year,” he added.

However, how long Mr Glass had been in Phuket – and Patong in particular – remains unclear.

Phuket Immigration officer Capt Angkarn Yasanop told the Phuket Gazette that police were currently investigation reports that Mr Glass had sexually assaulted two boys from New Zealand when the order came from the top to move in and arrest him.

The boys were in Patong on holiday with their parents in April last year when the alleged attack occurred.

“After the family returned to New Zealand, the boys told their parents they were sexually assaulted by Mr Glass, who was working at the hotel where they were staying,” Capt Angkarn explained.

“The parents filed a complaint in New Zealand and the New Zealand embassy [in Bangkok] contacted us. While officers were building their case, we were contacted by the UK embassy and requested to deport him,” Capt Angkarn added.

Source: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket_news/2013/British-sex-fiend-arrested-in-Phuket-20775.html


-- Phuket Gazette 2013-04-12

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British molester arrested in Phuket, deported
Nattha Thepbamrung

PHUKET: -- Briton Hugh Glass, 57, was arrested yesterday (April 11) by Phuket Immigration Police at the request of the UK’s Serious Crime Squad, which wants him for child molestation offences.

He was arrested after a phone call was made to him, inviting him to a meeting at the Sea Pearl Villa hotel in Patong.

Police said Glass has a long record of sex crimes against juveniles.

In 1974 in Scotland he was placed on parole for a year. He was arrested three times in the United States, in 1982, 1989 and 1990 when he was jailed for 20 years. He was released after serving eight years in jail.

He was arrested again in Malta for similar offences, once in 2001 and twice in 2006. Once again he was jailed, this time for six years. He again released after four years.

Glass arrived in Thailand in 2011 to work in a hotel in Phuket.

Complaints were laid against him that he had sexually assaulted two boys in the hotel. Those complaints were still under investigation when the request for his arrest and return to the UK was received.

The complaints will now not be pursued as Glass was sent home under escort this morning.

“After we received the request from the British Embassy, we cancelled his visa,” Pol Capt Angkhan Yasanop of Phuket Immigration Police said today.

“He was sent back to Britain this morning.”

Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/british-molester-arrested-in-phuket-deported-38613.php


-- Phuket News 2013-04-12

[chiang mai]

"The arrest followed Jonathan King of the UK-based Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) meeting Royal Thai Police Immigration chief Lt Gen Pharnu Kerdlarpphon in Bangkok last Thursday".

Ironic that a Mr King of SOCA should trap a pedo!

[mickyboy]

we dont want him back here keeping him for years at the tax payers exspence stay in thailand with the rest them

[Cobalt60]

Glad they pointed out the one seated, I couldnt quite work it out from the picture.

Ah well more expense for the UK tax payer.

[davejones]

Glad they pointed out the one seated, I couldnt quite work it out from the picture.

Ah well more expense for the UK tax payer.

In a photo of 5 Thais and 1 farang, you couldn't work out which one was British? LOL.

[Markaew]

Have you noticed that most of the recent news is about guys that are 57 years old?

[soi41]

With the trackrecord of this guy, THIS TIME please throw away the key, before he traumatize more children and potentially spoils the rest of their lives!

[Pib]

Gosh, this scumbag has quite a rap sheet around the world. Hopefully a UK prison will be able to provide him room-and-board longer than the other countries have.

[angsta]

Why is he in a shirt and tie walking down beach road?

[Eddy B]

How did he get the visa to enter Thailand and a job in the first place????

[animatic]

Talk about an unrepentant recidivist!

This guys is clearly not safe on ANY streets where children are allowed.

Obviously a sick mind, that just can't grasp, or doesn't care that what he does will put him in jail.

He gets out and does it until he gets caught again. Yes. he is sick, but that does not earn a pass for leniency.

It is well past time his expiry for access to the free world finishes.

[Cobalt60]

Glad they pointed out the one seated, I couldnt quite work it out from the picture.

Ah well more expense for the UK tax payer.

In a photo of 5 Thais and 1 farang, you couldn't work out which one was British? LOL.

Oh is that how you do it

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app

[BrianCR]

How did he get the visa to enter Thailand and a job in the first place????

Any monkey can get a visa to enter Thailand and any other country - when was the last time you were checked for a criminal record?

[BrianCR]

Why is he in a shirt and tie walking down beach road?

He was walking to a meeting on Child Sex Abuse? - you'd really have to ask his house maid that question!

[pilm]

So the two boys sexually assaulted in Phuket last year.... once the investigation is done and they want to lay charges.

Is he going to be locked up for years in the UK while they try to extradite him back??

Edited April 12, 2013 by pilm

[StevenHeidbriderSr]

This is a Perfect example of why Thailand and other countries do a back ground check for everyone that wants to even visit. Before even a Tourist visa is allowed there should be a back ground check to keep trash like this guy out of any country but the one where he currently resides and he should reside IN PRISON,

[Arkady]

The cops look like they've just won a snooker tournament and have arranged themselves ranked in height order to receive the trophy. Wouldn't be surprised if they opened up a shaken bottle of Asti Spumante and spurted it all over Mr Glass's head for good measure.

[Arkady]

Mr Glass will be able to write the Rough Guide to prisons around the world when he is done. Pity he had no chance to experience live in a Thai prison with ladyboy hookers catering to his every need. The other inmates in a British prison will probably be less understanding.

[Satcommlee]

He's not going to Prison in the UK, there is no mention of pending charges against him or extradition.. but they may want to interview him on suspicion..

Maybe the British Police were simply being pro-active..

It seems to me that Thailand are saying they don't want him in the country, at British Embassies request.

I really hope this is the start of a new trend and the sharing of information on sex offenders (and other serious offenders) becomes common place here.

When he arrives in UK after deportation he may simply lose his passport and be subject to a sex offenders travel ban (like Gary Glitter)

Edited April 12, 2013 by Satcommlee

[Jim walker]

At least this pervert won’t be using British tax payers money for the next 10 years fighting his deportation back to the UK in the European courts, Bye Bye.

[hellodolly]

we dont want him back here keeping him for years at the tax payers exspence stay in thailand with the rest them

Just sending him back to where he got his training.

[hellodolly]

How did he get the visa to enter Thailand and a job in the first place????

Any monkey can get a visa to enter Thailand and any other country - when was the last time you were checked for a criminal record?

When I applied for my retirement visa.

[HarryMilton]

Have you noticed that most of the recent news is about guys that are 57 years old?

No.

[HarryMilton]

Why is he in a shirt and tie walking down beach road?

Why the hell not? Is there a dress requirement for that area?

Perhaps he was having a break from work at the hotel, probably needs a shirt and tie for that kind of job.

[HarryMilton]

The cops look like they've just won a snooker tournament and have arranged themselves ranked in height order to receive the trophy. Wouldn't be surprised if they opened up a shaken bottle of Asti Spumante and spurted it all over Mr Glass's head for good measure.

What??

[marstons]

I don't get why the UK based SOCA had to fly all the way out here on a freebie to present evidence of a crime committed in Malta. He committed the crime in Thailand so why not let him rot in a Thai prison and Mr King concentrate on the multiple pedophile rings operating in the UK.

The arrest followed Jonathan King of the UK-based Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) meeting Royal Thai Police Immigration chief Lt Gen Pharnu Kerdlarpphon in Bangkok last Thursday.

At the meeting, Mr King presented Gen Pharnu evidence Mr Glass had served a prison sentence in Malta after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting a child.

[PoodMaiDai]

With the trackrecord of this guy, THIS TIME please throw away the key, before he traumatize more children and potentially spoils the rest of their lives!

Na, he'll be back so long as he doesn't keel over during his prison stay wherever he's going.

Thailand has a bad habit of letting these people back in, even after they are deported. Money talks and Thais love talking.

[Locationthailand]

I think everyone here has said all that needs to be said - send him inside, throw away the key etc. What I find remarkable is the guy is a repeat offender yet is released continually. That does not make sense to me. Maybe prison justice needs to prevail on him once he is put back inside. This guy needs to be chemically castrated and never to be released stamped on his file.

[JeremyBowskill]

This is a Perfect example of why Thailand and other countries do a back ground check for everyone that wants to even visit. Before even a Tourist visa is allowed there should be a back ground check to keep trash like this guy out of any country but the one where he currently resides and he should reside IN PRISON,

Have you any idea how long that would take?

Here's a better idea, don't give pedos passports and tag the b*st*rds for life.