American vandals caught in Pattaya
published : 7 Jun 2019 at 14:48
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters
Two Americans have been arrested for their alleged vandalism spree in Bangkok's Samphanthawong district on May 29.
Cote Turnbeaugh, 28, and Louise Gollan, 24, were taken into custody by tourist police in Pattaya on Wednesday night.
Complaints were filed by residents of Samphanthawong district, who accused the duo of vandalising cars and walls with spray paints in the neighbourhood.
Mr Turnbeaugh admitted he had defaced private properties while drunk. He said a third vandal, also a foreign national, had also joined them but the person had already left the country.
The duo will be charged with causing damage to private assets. They are liable to face three years in jail and a maximum fine of 6,000 baht. Their visas will also be revoked and they will be blacklisted by immigration.
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Vocabulary
- blacklist: a list of the names of people, companies, products or countries that an organization or a government considers unacceptable and that must be avoided - บัญชีดำ, รายชื่อผู้ที่รัฐบาลไม่ยอมรับหรือต้องถูกหลีกเลี่ยง
- custody: the state of being in prison or under police control, especially while waiting for trial - การกักขัง, การคุมขัง
- deface: to damage the appearance of something especially by drawing or writing on it or changing information in a damaging way - ทำให้มีรอยตำหนิ, ทำให้เสียโฉม, ขีดเขียนจนเสีย
- revoke: to officially say that something is no longer legal, e.g., a contract, a law, a document, etc. - เพิกถอน
- vandal (noun): a person who deliberately destroys or damages public property - ผู้ทำลายทรัพย์สินโดยเฉพาะของรัฐอย่างไร้เหตุผล
- vandalism: the crime of intentionally damaging property belonging to other people - การทำลายทรัพย์สินโดยเฉพาะของรัฐอย่างไร้เหตุผล
- Keywords
- spray paints
- tourist police
- vandalism spree
