UK man nabbed in Thailand on sex charges

The man, identified by police as Alan Charles Mawson, of Barrow-in-Furness, was arrested in his apartment in Pattaya, a popular seaside resort about 110km south-east of Bangkok, said police Capt Sorakit Thanyasri.

The arrest came a few days after a 14-year-old Thai boy filed a police complaint that he was sexually abused by Mawson.

Police who came to arrest Mawson also allegedly found more than 100 photo albums and pornographic videos of naked boys and men in his home.

Sorakit said that based on the evidence he had seen, he believed that more than 10 boys had been sexually abused.

Mawson was charged with sexual abuse of a child under 15, which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. He denied the charge, said Sorakit.

Mawson has lived in Thailand for more than two decades and owned a sauna and a property-leasing company, the officer said.

Pattaya is known for its nightlife, thriving sex industry and popularity among foreign fugitives and criminal gangs
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/UK-man ... 70588.html
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I'm not sure it's the first that springs to mind for..."foreign fugitives".."criminal gangs"

I suppose this is something quite different from Chicago-Miami-LA-New York and the enterprises known as La Cosa Nostra or Mafia...perhaps even Sydney itself with it's ethnic based "gangs" ( the Cronulla riots a year ago spring to mind )..perhaps Manchester and it's turf wars between ethnic based gangs...the list goes on..Berlin and it's Neo Nazis... Laura Bush was named as Gang Czar 2 years ago to combat gangs in the USA ( failing miserably)

more work for the Thai Tourism Board !!! :scratch: :scratch:

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