Gay couples drinks spiked, robbed and raped

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Yeah but these guys are not middle aged but in their early thirties

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This photo is from another report of the incident that appeared yesterday on this site - http://www.towleroad.com/2017/01/vacation-thailand/

Now it seems to me that these are quite strapping lads. If it is true that their drinks were spiked, they would have been in no condition to walk back to their hotel. So they would have been escorted, presumably by their attackers. Thai guys are not generally known as 'heavies'. I expect at least two and maybe three guys would have been needed to get each one of them back. As I asked before, how is it possible that no-one in the hotel or the security cameras failed to pick this up?

Secondly. in this new article there is the comment -

After returning home last Wednesday, the couple underwent a medical exam by their doctor who confirmed they had been raped.

Err - odd that the original article states this -

‘My husband is still in shock and he feels so helpless because he wasn’t there to help me when I was being raped.’

So which was it, guys? One got raped - or both got raped?

And then there is the matter of the hospital. They continue to say the insurance company sent them to a private hospital instead of a public one which "is very unusual". Yet Phuket only has two hospitals and both, I understand, are private. So where did the public hospital idea come from?

And the key question raised by Scottish still has not been answered. Of course date rape occurs in Thailand as it does elsewhere. If it happens to women, the motive is almost always rape with some being rape and robbery. But if it happens (much more rare) with men, the motive is surely far more robbery than sex. If the Irish couple were legless by the time they got to their room, it would have been a simple matter to rob them of whatever was on their persons and in the room and then disappear. Seriously, given that there were probably six attackers, how many Thai guys would want to rape large early 30s farang?

But there is another question: how did the intruders actually get into the room? Most hotels these days have keycards with no indication on them on the floor or room number. It is therefore reasonable to assume that whichever Blue Sky establishment they stayed at did not have keys with room numbers. So even though the attackers could have found the key in one of the guy's pocket - how did they find the room?

And then the new article confirms they "had no money after being robbed." So how on earth did they live for those five days before one of the families contacted the British Embassy?

How are we doing Inspector arsenal?