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Bangkok: An Australian tourist is one of the first foreigners to be arrested under Thailand’s harsh military rule that could see some offenders prosecuted in military courts.



Mark Robert Coutelas, 53, was arrested at an apartment on the resort island of Phuket allegedly in possession of a hand gun, ammunition and a small amount of crystal methamphetamine, Phuketwan news website reported.
The military junta that seized power last Thursday has sweeping powers under which soldiers will decide whether accused offenders are dealt with swiftly in special military courts or still-functioning civilian courts.


People facing military courts must hand their defence to a military prosecutor.
Police said they went to Mr Coutelas’ apartment at the Green Mango Apartment complex in Phuket after a tip-off.
Mr Coutelas, believed to be from NSW, has been charged with possession of a firearm and Category 1 drug.



Tourists in Thailand have faced a 10pm to 5am curfew since last week, forcing the closure of restaurants, bars and clubs in resort areas such as Phuket where thousands of Australians are on holidays.
But the junta has eased the curfew to midnight to 4am from Wednesday night.
Under martial law, soldiers can detain anyone without charge for up to seven days or enter any building without a warrant.
On his Facebook page, Mr Coutelas has posted multiple images of himself with female companions.


One photo shows a naked young woman holding a hand gun.
Other photographs show Mr Coutelas with his arm down the mouth of an elephant and posing in an intimate position with a woman while wearing a horned mask.
His profile picture is of him wearing a devil mask and leaning over a woman.
A Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade spokesperson said the Australian government was ready to provide consular assistance if requested in accordance with the consular services charter.





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He must think it's funny. I guess that's what too much meth does to your brain. Hope they throw the book at this scumbag.

They're all smiling cause it's the first photo under the police reforms with the "No Pointing" rule.....

Did all 10 of them arrest him ?

He obviously thinks he has enough money to buy his way out.

Tourist? With a hand gun.
Busted after a tip off,par for the course here.
Anyway looks like a cock head,deserves what he gets.

Anything less than summary conviction within the month, incarceration and then deportation with a lifetime prohibition upon re-entry would be disappointing.

Interesting to see how quickly the process will be completed. Usually, if left to the civil courts, it could drag on for a year with all sorts of silly adjournments.

Originally Posted by Necron99

People facing military courts must hand their defence to a military prosecutor.

Oh sure . . . the prosecutor will handle the defense too. Well, that should make for a short trial.

And he will be wondering why he got done,splashing that shit all over the internet.

oh dear, what a shame

Phuket will miss his charming company, his joie de vivre, his strange pursuits

Nice company for Lee Aldehouse

Firing squad at dawn?

Not sharky is it?

Originally Posted by bobo746

,splashing that shit all over the internet.

Shit it is, but is it illegal ?

Originally Posted by Koojo

Not sharky is it?

Nope, but obviously cut from the same cloth.

Originally Posted by Koojo

Not sharky is it?

I think Sharky is larger than this dude and Pattaya based. Sharky seems to be a media ho too, but I think he might be a bit smarter than our hero

From the photos, pistol boy seems pretty pleased with himself and that's cool. The Junta just might give him some "quality" time to reflect

I gotta shake my head and think "Is it any wonder that some of the locals hold us in low regard?"

Originally Posted by kingwilly

Originally Posted by bobo746

,splashing that shit all over the internet.

Shit it is, but is it illegal ?

I doubt whether he has a licence for that shooter .

pistol boy seems pretty pleased with himself and that's cool.

It will make him a prime target for some inmate action, large thai pack versus lone boneheaded falang.

Doubt if he will be smiling for long. Depends on how much in the way of money and contacts hes got though.

But it's stories like this that illustrate perfectly the undoubted benefits of a human rights free military crackdown.

By the looks of his photos, he seems like a nice well mannered fellow. Maybe he was just auditioning for a new sequel of Texas Chainsaw Massacre and hadn't had time to change out of costume yet. The next stop on his itinerary was going to be Disneyland, I'm sure.

Originally Posted by kingwilly

Shit it is, but is it illegal ?

Possession of a hand gun and class A drugs. How could that be anything but illegal?

Thank god ! It's not Terry ! Saw the headline and thought all those walks in Lumpini had made him a marked man.

Originally Posted by bobo746

Tourist? With a hand gun.
Busted after a tip off,par for the course here.
Anyway looks like a cock head,deserves what he gets.

I would imagine that scum like that would have been pissing people off every day. Upsetting neighbours with loud music, gobbing off and being a bully in the local bars, throwing his weight around as body building, whore shagging junkies tend to do.

Only a matter of time before someone grassed him up.

^

Na. I'm much better looking than that meat head and don't do Ya Ba.

Anyway, I reckon tough boy will not be so tough once the Thais decide they will fix him up.

Be so good if they do EH. Aussie fukin wanker.