Posted on 10/19/2018 8:13:30 PM PDT by Simon Green
A couple of tourists are in big trouble in Thailand for spraying graffiti on an ancient wall in Chiang Mai.
The duo, a British man and Canadian woman were caught on video marking up the Tha Phae Gate.
The Brit, 23 year- old Lee Furlong has admitted to committing the crime, spraying the words Scouser Lee on the gate. BBC.com says that he would be charged with vandalizing an archaeological site.
The other artist involved in the crime, Brittney Schneider was arrested and charged with vandalism for spraying the first letter of her name on the gate.
BBC reports that the duo admitted committing the crime, saying they did it because of the thrill and they were also a little bit drunk.
CCTV from a cafe close by allegedly recorded the crime. It shows four people approach the gate at around 4:00. Two of them went up to the gate while it shows one start spraying the paint. The other two people in the video were not arrested.
Furlong and Schneider now face up to 10 years in jail and/ or a fine of up to one million baht which comes to a little over $30,000 US.
Double the fine and jail time for being ugly AND dumb.
Good. They deserve to be locked up.
Give them ten years of cleaning public facilities.
1)two round trip tickets to Thailand $20,000
2)Hotel $250 a night
3)meals and transport $100 a day
4)Graffiti on Ancient Gate? 10 year in a Thai Prison...
enjoy suckholes
“The look on her/its face is funny to me.”
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Tolkien, I think she’s in total shock. She never thought she’d be in any serious trouble ever doing any of her vandalism. I mean, the vandals can do that crud everywhere and excuses are made all over the place for them.
Shock. Absolute shock is what I see on her face.
I have no pity for these idiots. It is extremely rude and stupid to go to somebody else’s country and the trash their stuff. People all over the world are tired of foreigners messing with them.
What a couple of idiots! Throw the book at them!
They should also be caned! But help me out, the article says British man and Canadian woman, I didn’t see a woman, only piss poor excuse for a man and an IT.
Now if only we could do the same to our domestic grafitti pukes.
They are in for a world of hurt. Thailand prisons aren’t like country clubs.
On my first trip to Singapore the cab driver who took me to my hotel told me about a law there which can get you jail time for insulting a woman.I don't know why he thought that *I* could benefit from such a warning...I guess I just look like the devious type! ;-)
AGRÉE!!Chiang Mai is lovely!
Is one of those dopes REALLY FEMALE?? OMG!!
Lord knows what the sentence would have been if they had done a portrait of Brittney.
saying they did it because of the thril
I guess the thrill is gone now.
I’d carry your ammo. They’re vermin.
No doubt; nothing says “you crossed the line” like a stout caning.
The few times I’ve traveled abroad I showed respect and beared in mind where I was.
I know everyone is having fun with this, and they should not have put graffiti on the wall, and the kids are complete idiots. I agree on all accounts. But, 10 years is way way too high a pice to pay for that crime. I’m just saying....it’s way out of proportion. I hope the respective governments step in and help them out.....pay super heavy fines (25 K each) and blow out of there....type deal. 10 years....thats cruel. People....don’t loose your sence of humanity.
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