webfact Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 French tourist, 64, booked for shoplifting sun tan lotion from Patong Family MartThe suspect (in orange shirt) questioned by Patong police and a French translator.PHUKET: -- An elderly French woman was arrested and charged with theft in Patong this morning after she was found with a bottle of sun tan lotion belonging to a convenient store concealed in her hand bag.The suspect, named as Freseau Muriel, 64, of France, was suspected of shoplifting by employees of the Laem Phet branch of Family Mart convenient store on Phra Baramee Rd in Patong, who then promptly alerted police this morning.0An ensuing search of the woman's handbag confirmed suspicions of the employees who fingered the suspect as evidence.Police seized the woman's white hand bag and the 200 militlitre "New Vision" bottle of sun tan lotion.Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/french-tourist-64-booked-for-shoplifting-sun-tan-lotion-from-patong-family-mart-51417.php-- Phuket News 2015-03-16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somtamnication Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 No frog legs are served at the local monkey house. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longstebe Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 Looks a bit cocky there doesn't she. Wonder what factor she was stealing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slipperylobster Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 She obviously did not want to get brown....like a French Fry 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BKKSnowBird Posted March 15, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted March 15, 2015 She can afford to travel to Thailand but not buy sun tan lotion? Pathetic. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirtless Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 She wins first prize in the idiot contest , I hope she learns a lesson but at 64 she should know better. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lust Posted March 15, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted March 15, 2015 How can you steal from someone who has less than you? Disgusting. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post longstebe Posted March 16, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted March 16, 2015 How can you steal from someone who has less than you? Disgusting. Family mart? 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilSA1 Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 It looks as if she should have been using a lot more sun cream for the past 40 years or so. Its a bit late now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bkungbank Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 (edited) How does it cost ? not worth it but if in Bangkok she might get away with warning or paying the item, only in Phuket taking such huge afford and tax payer money to go to police and media. Edited March 16, 2015 by Bkungbank 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songhua Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 "... belonging to a convenient store concealed in her hand bag." No wonder she couldn't get away. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 (edited) "... belonging to a convenient store concealed in her hand bag." No wonder she couldn't get away. Docteur Qui. This rag has a serious need of a good proof reader. //edit/and some news Edited March 16, 2015 by Thaddeus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JoeLing Posted March 16, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted March 16, 2015 (edited) . . . . fingered the suspect New headlines: "French tourist got fingered by family mart employee" Edited March 16, 2015 by JoeLing 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tchooptip Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Shoplifting is a plague, maybe she did that for years in France, like many shoplifter it becomes a habit, so difficult to control herself even in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maidee Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 finally, some french people with french names & french faces " the employees who fingered the suspect as evidence" isn't that sexual harrasment ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
animatic Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 (edited) How can you steal from someone who has less than you? Disgusting. Ask any politician and wait even longer for an answer... No blowback at home, that can't even get her name right. Freseau, Muriel. Or Muriel Freseau, clepto. Edited March 16, 2015 by animatic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkapi Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 And the man is guilty of not providing his wife with enough pocket money. A much more severe crime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedsada3 Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 I don't know what disturbs me the most: her acting or her attitude on the pic... or the pic itself. Anyway, if she is guilty, shame on her. But like a member already said, maybe she is sick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northernphil Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 finally, some french people with french names & french faces " the employees who fingered the suspect as evidence" isn't that sexual harrasment ? Just what I was thinking . She gets fingered by an employee of Family Mart and steals some lotion to compensate for the illicite fingering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
off road pat Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 (edited) She wins first prize in the idiot contest , I hope she learns a lesson but at 64 she should know better. Agreed,..how stupid can one be ? now she's going to have to pay a fine multiple times the value of the stolen item....and the shame to have her picture published !!! and embarrass he husband...who I guess is sitting next to her....great day..!!! the high point of there holiday.....they can show the pictures to the family at home. !!! I just have a problem with this, "An ensuing search of the woman's handbag confirmed suspicions of the employees who fingered the suspect as evidence." Fingered ???? I hope it's not what my dirty mind thinks ??? Edited March 16, 2015 by off road pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuyL Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 And the man is guilty of not providing his wife with enough pocket money. A much more severe crime. Who said she's married? The man next to her is said to be a French translator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 How can you steal from someone who has less than you? Disgusting. Family mart? A few months ago I was given change for 1000 when I had handed over 500, Mart was busy and the girl just got it wrong. I handed back the 500 because it's not Mart that would be the loser but the staff who would have to make up the money missing from the till at cash up time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeCeDe Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 I cannot imagine what it would be like to be arrested at 64 years old for stealing suntan lotion! Food, Water maybe... but suntan lotion? And I thought the French were such nice people (except in Paris)... hope I didn't tread on anyones toes, but she's got a nice tan, and I'm sure someone loves her. (god help them) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toknarok Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Many menopausal women have a problem with shoplifting. It's not as if (in many cases) they have a need for the items they steal. It's a psychological problem. Many older UK members may remember the case of Lady Isobel Barnett, a well known TV personality and physician who was caught shoplifting. She committed suicide over the incident. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeCeDe Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 And the man is guilty of not providing his wife with enough pocket money. A much more severe crime. I believe the man on our right, her left was purely the translator, and no relation, although they could have been more specific Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blowin Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Maybe this lady has mental health issues. It seems some of the contributers here suffer simular issues. Hope it works out for her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeCeDe Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Damn, How many times do I have to ask if there are facilities available for people in trouble, obviously like this lady, but also all the suicides and self harmings.. I get nothing, no reply Nada. Does it not exist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enoon Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 When one finds a well off person, "beyond middle-age", shoplifting items of (to them) insignificant cost, one should consider Alzheimer's. Early symptoms including, but not confined to: "They may lose control of their impulses, leaving them to say tactless things or shoplift as a result of forgetting the need to pay" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toknarok Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Damn, How many times do I have to ask if there are facilities available for people in trouble, obviously like this lady, but also all the suicides and self harmings.. I get nothing, no reply Nada. Does it not exist? Samaritans of Thailand have suicide hotlines in Bangkok and Chiang Mai.http://www.suicide.org/hotlines/international/thailand-suicide-hotlines.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeCeDe Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Damn, How many times do I have to ask if there are facilities available for people in trouble, obviously like this lady, but also all the suicides and self harmings.. I get nothing, no reply Nada. Does it not exist? Samaritans of Thailand have suicide hotlines in Bangkok and Chiang Mai.http://www.suicide.org/hotlines/international/thailand-suicide-hotlines.html OK, thanks a million, I know why many people come here, and then find that their problems just don't go away... why should they, this ain't heaven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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