Thread: British teacher fighting for his life in Thailand after being 'savagely attacked'

Originally Posted by buriramboy

Originally Posted by thegent

Seems the guy made bail and is out and about although I expect he is keeping that short profile a bit lower than a Swansea jockstrap.

Any comments?

Totally normal in Thailand to be granted bail whatever you have been charged with if you can stump up the readies.

Does that apply to convicted Murderers too?

Originally Posted by Solange

.the teacher in question scraped the car and got out to see what he had done, he tried apologising....and the perp attacked him.

that is one side of the story

we will soon find out the other, I suppose

Originally Posted by BobR

^ If this British Government is going to tax their citizens to impose a communist health care system, they should cover British citizens while they are out of the Country. America's health care system sucks, but at least my private insurance covers me here for anything including motorcycle accidents.

they are not taxing him.

^ weird way of thinking you have, BobR

I am sure the UK could cover anyone anywhere, at extra cost

as it is you have to buy private insurance if you leave the UK

Good to see Bob still sees Commies round every corner......

Why was BobR suspended/banned? Did he also speak poorly of Pai or the murdering cop there? By the way, no one should ever, ever visit Pai - a dangerous and evil place.

I asked my insurance company about riding a bike on holiday in Thailand.
They told me I would have to have a UK bike license and it would cost an extra £15 per day to be covered.
I suppose that`s the reason most dont bother with insurance....?

Originally Posted by chitown

Thailand is a not a real country,

Bingo!

I have never bothered. Licence or insurance. Ignorance is bliss, I think my attitude has been changed over the last couple of years. But which insurance company wouuld offer bike insurance for Thailand?

Insure & Go offered it to me,in the UK.

Any updates on the victim? Is he out of hospital yet?

Originally Posted by ch1ldofthemoon

Insure & Go offered it to me,in the UK.

Wrong continent, but out of interest how much.

I pay about £85 a year for worldwide cover,upto 90 days on holiday...bike insurance was quoted to me at £15 per day extra....and i told them it was for Thailand.

Former Cathedral teacher left in coma by brutal Thai attacker returns home to Yorkshire
03 August 2013


Adam Pickles.

A teacher left in a coma after he was brutally assaulted in Thailand has returned to Yorkshire as his parents prepare to face his alleged attacker again in court.

Former Cathedral Academy teacher Adam Pickles has yet to wake more than a year after he was set upon in Pattaya, where he lived and taught English.

The father-of-one was transferred to Woodlands Respite Care Centre in York last Thursday to continue his rehabilitation after six months at the Royal Hospital for Neurodisability in London.

It means his parents, Adele and Andrew, of Leeds, and his fellow teachers from Wakefield can visit more often, which it is hoped will help to improve his responses.

Mr Pickles, 41, taught English at Cathedral Academy between 2001 and 2005 and has been supported by fellow teacher Dani Nicholls, of Wakefield.

She said: “I am really looking forward to seeing him again and it will good for us who live up north so we can visit him more regularly.

“Everyone at Cathedral is rooting for him and have been asking how he is getting on.

“Everything is still uncertain at the moment, but there are still small improvements, like him opening his eyes for a more significant amount of time.
“We just hope that he will pull through, never mind how long it takes, as it is very difficult to think of Adam like this as he was such a lively and active person.”

The Pickles will fly to Thailand later this month for the trial of Wolverhampton ex-pat Sean Henry Tinsley, who is accused of their son’s attempted murder.

They will also visit Adam’s son Ben, who lives with his mother Pafan, while they are there.

Fundraising towards legal costs and Adam’s care will continue when his father’s band, John’s Followers, reform after 45 years for a charity gig at in Keighley tomorrow.

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