A drunken British tourist was savagely attacked by two locals who claimed they were upset that he had booed one of their girlfriends in Pattaya, Thailand’s ‘Sin City’.
Steven Elliot Lord, 35, visited a convenience store to buy an ice pack for his beer, but began an argument with two Thai men drinking alcohol in front of the store at 5:10 a.m. on Sunday, January 3. September morning.
The “very inebriated” Briton reportedly began pestering them despite the dealer’s attempts to drive him away.
Locals lost their temper when the tourist allegedly booed the girlfriend of one of the men, prompting them to pounce on him and severely beat him on the sidewalk.
Paramedics from the Sawang Boriboon Thammasat rescue team said they received a report of an injured tourist in Bang Lamung district in the early hours of the morning.
Steven Elliot Lord (pictured after being beaten), 35, visited a convenience store to buy a bag of ice for his beer, but began an argument with two Thai men who were drinking alcohol in front of the store over 5:10 am on Sunday morning, September 3.
The “very inebriated” Briton reportedly began pestering them despite the dealer’s attempts to drive him away. Locals lost their temper when the tourist allegedly booed the girlfriend of one of the men, prompting them to pounce on him and severely beat him on the sidewalk.
They found Lord bleeding profusely, with a swollen face, a broken front tooth, and cuts to his eyebrows and head.
However, the enraged Briton initially refused help and tried to attack the rescuers while yelling at them.
They managed to calm him down and administered first aid before rushing him to a hospital.
Shop owner Euaamporn Rattanamethakoson, 36, said: “The Brit came to buy ice but I noticed he was very drunk.
“I saw him bothering some men in front of my store, but he didn’t listen when I tried to tell him to go away.”
Police Colonel Thanapong Phothi, superintendent of the Pattaya police station, said a search had been launched for the suspects who had fled the scene before officers arrived.
They reviewed CCTV footage of the shop and located Apichai Prawe and Denchai Khanteetao, both 28, in a nearby rented room in the city.
The couple reportedly admitted to police that they had attacked Lord.
They claimed that they tried to force him to leave, but he was “too stubborn” and refused to listen to them. They added that they lost their temper when he insulted Prawe’s girlfriend.
Both were left in police custody to face legal charges.
Paramedics from the Sawang Boriboon Thammasat rescue team said they received a report of an injured tourist in Bang Lamung district in the early hours of the morning.
They found Lord bleeding profusely, with a swollen face, a broken front tooth, and cuts to his eyebrows and head. However, the enraged Brit initially refused help and tried to attack the rescuers as he yelled at them (pictured).
Paramedics managed to calm him down and administered first aid before rushing him to a hospital.
Meanwhile, it was understood that Lord was under close medical supervision due to his injuries, including an intracranial hemorrhage.
Meanwhile, it was understood that Lord was under close medical supervision due to his injuries, including an intracranial hemorrhage.
The policeman added: ‘The two attackers have confessed and will be prosecuted. Being drunk is not illegal and does not justify assault.
“We are now waiting to interview the victim to receive his account of the incident and obtain further evidence from him.”
The attack on the British tourist comes just a month after a British father and son were severely beaten by bouncers outside a bar in Pattaya.
Tourist Ian Thomas, 60, and his son Gregory, 37, had entered the Matador Bar on the city’s red Soi Buakhao street, but were allegedly asked to leave by the bar’s owner at around 1.35am on 5 April. August.
The bouncers herded the couple outside as their heated argument escalated into a physical fight, with Gregory being the first to be hit. CCTV footage shows him being beaten and thrown to the ground, where he was kicked repeatedly.
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Footage then shows British senior Ian, in a black shirt, slapping a guard across the face, causing more mayhem as staff pushed him to the ground while repeatedly kicking him in the head.
Gregory, wearing a checkered polo shirt, was seen trying to help his father, but was again attacked and beaten, leaving his father lying in the road.
Police found Gregory tending to an injured Ian, who was lying on the ground with a bruised left eyebrow and broken glasses.
Thailand’s current military government has made efforts to clean up Pattaya after it was dubbed the “sex capital” of the world and today’s Sodom and Gomorrah.
However, the city’s lucrative underground economy based on sex, crime, drink and drugs has proven difficult to tame in the once sleepy seaside town.
A large number of British expats have also set up bars in the sunny complex, which has become an attractive place to retire for retirees.
