Swedish tourist jailed after hotel rampage

[misskit]

A Swedish tourist was arrested for allegedly smashing up his Pattaya hotel room and refusing to pay for the 20,000 baht in damage.

Gary Arne Roger Gronberg, 48, was captured running from the Jomtien Longstay hotel, from where he had fled after climbing down from a third-floor window March 20. Shirtless, he was captured carrying a meter-long metal pipe, which police had to take from him forcibly.

Police said Gronberg claimed he had gotten into a fight with another man in his room about 1 p.m. the day before. The man fled, but when hotel staff came to the door, he thought his opponent had returned and grabbed the pipe and attacked them.

He then barricaded the door with the refrigerator, air conditioner and other objects. Plugs, towels, pillows and sheets were all damaged, costing about 20,000 baht, the hotel said.

He eventually told police he would pay for the damage, but needed to get the money from a friend. He was tossed into jail until the funds arrived.

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[Seekingasylum]

"Falang, he no pay! He stay monkey how until we hab money!"

Meanwhile, in downtown Bangkok more than 10 million $US a month is stolen by boiler room gangsters, protected by the Thai authorities, from victims around the world.

Thainess.

[billy the kid]

had gotten into a fight with another man in his room

a serial ladyboy killer. lucky he wasn't thrown from the balcony.

[kingwilly]

It was probably sausage rage.

[BaitongBoy]

They do have rooms at Gulliver's, don't they?...

[peterpan]

I dunno what gets into the Scando's water, I have met some weird ones over the last 20 odd years here, they seem to look fairly normal, but aren't if you get my drift.

[withnallstoke]

I dunno what gets into the Scando's water

Vodka.

[Hans Mann]

^Absolutely.

[ENT]

I think they're fatalists.

Nah, they're fatalistic determinists.

[ENT]

Determined to drink that vodka even if it's fatal, I think.

[somtamslap]

When I lived in tourist Thailand the Swedes had an infamous appetite for booze and barbiturate cocktails.

It tended, as with Mr Gronberg, to make them go fucking nuts.

[ENT]

Years of alcohol only from gov liquor monopoly outlets (Systembolaget) and licenced restaurants at a helluva price and NO fwkn drug addicts on the streets, they were ALL on a pension and a fix for life, bred a bunch of repressed alcoholics who just wanna party, so when they hit places like the free world they go OTT outavit, fekin funny to watch,

Things have slackened up a bit since then and Muslims (40% of the pop there) have taken over Malmo @ border/bridge in the south so there's a roaring trade of drugs coming in now.

[thaimeme]

Damn Foreigners...

[tamadah]

Another 'quality tourist'....

Oh,... sorry, wrong forum.

[Black Heart]

....Police said Gronberg claimed he had gotten into a fight with another man in his room about 1 p.m. the day before. The man fled, but when hotel staff came to the door, he thought his opponent had returned and grabbed the pipe and attacked them.

He then barricaded the door with the refrigerator, air conditioner and other objects. Plugs, towels, pillows and sheets were all damaged, costing about 20,000 baht, the hotel said.

One word: drugs.

He was on drugs.


I don't think even a 'tard sober would do that.

[fishlocker]

Fred Flintstone impersonator. He was heard mumbling "Yabba daba doo" as he ran into bam bam. Barny mused as he saw the bill, gee Fred what are we gonna tell the wives.