webfact Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Brit beaten by Patong tuk-tuk driverPhuket GazetteMr Kamarell filed a complaint with Patong police after he was savagely attacked. Photo: Kritsada MueanhawongPHUKET: -- Police have charged a Phuket tuk-tuk driver for savagely beating a British national over a discrepancy in the price of a ride in Patong on December 15.“William Joseph Kamarell, 22, explained that a tuk-tuk driver had picked him up at Soi Bangla in Patong and took him about five kilometers to where he was staying on Nanai Road,” explained Lt Col Anukul Nuket of the Patong Police. “The 27-year-old driver, Sutee Longklang, demanded 1,000 baht for the trip. However, Mr Kamarell refused and offered him only 300 baht, the normal rate for the trip.”Mr Sutee then allegedly attacked Mr Kamarell, beating him to the ground before fleeing the scene.Full story: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket-news/Brit-beaten-Patong-tuktuk-driver/62664?desktopversion#ad-image-1-- Phuket Gazette 2015-12-18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMGImInPattaya Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Tough week for the Brits in Thailand...attacked by ladyboys in Pattaya, getting "lost" in Thailand, and now this...maybe they should avoid Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somtamnication Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Does wonders for the Junta's insistence on happiness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konying Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 The usual fair may well be 300 but did they agree or discuss the fair? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluto_manibo Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 The fare was not fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardinalblue Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Dumb ass - he fled on foot leaving his tuk tuk behind... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinginKata Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 I see we are back to bad Tuk Tuk driver stories - as in back to normal. I remember about 15 years a nephew was visiting us - he was a teenager with no world experience. He walked about the beach beach area and got lost so he asked a Tuk Tuk to take him back to our place on Nanai. Never knew he had to negotiate the price before so the driver fleeced him for 500 baht. At least that's all he admitted to me he paid, I suspect he paid more and was too embarrassed to tell me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 High season tourism promotion at its best from the land of smiles. I hope it makes it to the British tabloids. There is no other solution than avoiding this mobster island. 1000 Baht for five kilometers, fraudster! Sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abitmiffed Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Dumb ass - he fled on foot leaving his tuk tuk behind... Ha ha I would have buggered off to the police station in his tuk tuk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHolmesJr Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Poor chap….looks like a millennial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiang mai Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 It's five kms. from Soi Bangla to soi nana, really! And 300 is the going rate, jeeze, maybe I'll give up investment banking and become a tuk tuk driver instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 TAT will have a good story tomorrow about a tuk tuk driver returns wallet for sure .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graeme64 Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 The usual fair may well be 300 but did they agree or discuss the fair? Exactly Dumb <deleted> tourist beered up things he is superman (proven otherwise) and knows all there is too know about the world. well he learnt a lesson didn't he! ever do any research - this is not a place to <deleted> with the local sunshine, over 10quid. idiot. yes this is annouying, yes the tuk tuk was taking the piss. happens all over the world and you pay the price and remember next time to agree a fee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
condo bought Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Where's the pic of the guy that was 'Savagely beaten'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonw8uk Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 salt of the earth the earth those fellas.... just last week after I (legally) parked behind a tuk tuk, one told me I couldn't park there, then threatened to punch me when I asked why he could park there... My dad was in the car too, first trip to thailand, a great impression... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surferpete Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 From so bangna to nanai is no more than 1 km...it's 5 km from bangna to karon beach... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krataiboy Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Is it something in the water? Hardly a day goes by without some tourist or expat getting beaten to pulp by Thai men or lady-boys who have "lost it" during some relatively trivial dispute. According to a report in the New York Times violent crime has rocketed under the present regime, though this is denied by the BIB. There used to be a website dedicated to recording the gory details of falang deaths in the Land of Smiles, but it seems to have, , , I was going to say "died a natural death", but, the way things are here, that would make it almost unique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaeJoMTB Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 He don't look that 'savagely beaten' to me. A small bandage on one hand and elbow ...... I've done worse than that to myself gardening. Maybe 'slightly bruised' .... but that isn't such a good headline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinginKata Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 From so bangna to nanai is no more than 1 km...it's 5 km from bangna to karon beach... Depends where on Nanai, could be well over 2km. And it's a bit more than 5km from Bangla to Karon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamNoone88 Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 That is why it is called the Tuk Tuk Mafia. Only a fool would ever hire one of those things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveThaiGirls Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 5km?? Did the Tuk-Tuk circle Patong a couple of times??? It's less than 1.5km from Bangla to Nanai, maybe 2km if it was at either end of Nanai. And regardless of whether a price was agreed up front, you can't just make up a number like that. Why not ask for 100,000 baht if that's the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie23 Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 He doesn't look 'savagely' beaten to me. Not a mark on his face, sprained wrist? I'd hate to see the headline if somebody actually was 'savagely' beaten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie23 Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 does seem to be a fair few stories of foreigners in some sort of distress recently though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunks Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Nothing new. These criminals should be put in gaol and be banned for life but TIT.... Same s**t different day.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomfiddler Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 The fare was not fair. and the passenger did not fare well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkapi Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Have not been there for 20 years. Will not return. Pattaya is paradise compared to Phuket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clutch Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Where's the pic of the guy that was 'Savagely beaten'? Maybe the headline should read 'Brit beaten by a savage' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiang mai Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 When I lived in Patong Mrs CM worked for a hotel just off the beach and I would pick her up from work each day, usually I would park at the beach for about twenty minutes and take a walk along the sand. It got to be a game played by the local drivers as to how quickly they could key my car for parking in their territory, the record was less than five minutes! And these were the same guys who knew me, knew my wife, knew where she worked and why I was there and on occasion, even smiled and said hi! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 He don't look that 'savagely beaten' to me. A small bandage on one hand and elbow ...... I've done worse than that to myself gardening. Maybe 'slightly bruised' .... but that isn't such a good headline. have you ever had bruised ribs let me know how it feels and how long it took for them to recover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mihalis Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Tough week for the Brits in Thailand...attacked by ladyboys in Pattaya, getting "lost" in Thailand, and now this...maybe they should avoid Thailand. Getting lost, hmmm, trying to AVOID going home, more like it... Why would anybody not agree to a price before leaving, tuk tuk drivers arent known for their kindness... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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