Bangkok Central Criminal Court finds Drew Noyes not guilty in case filed by wanted British Journalist Andrew Drummond.

Bangkok, April 20th 2015

Andrew Drummond - absconded on bail to evade justice

Bangkok Central Criminal Court today found Drew Noyes, Pattaya Times and Wanrapu Boonsu not  guilty in a defamation and Computer Crimes case today in a case filed by British Journalist Andrew Drummond.

Drummond is a convicted criminal and wanted fugitive, and was, previously the correspondent in Thailand for the London Evening Standard.

In Black case number 3509/2556, in which Drummond alleged his reputation was damaged by the publishing of a letter written by the Public Relations Department, the Court found the publication of the letter was not defamatory as it contents were correct and verified, and also that Drummond had failed to appear to give evidence therefore there was no evidence before the Court that Drummond had been damaged in any way.

Kanokrat Booth - now facing prosecution.

Drummond gave evidence by appointing Kanokrat Nimsamooot Booth (nกกนกรัตน์ นิ่มสมุทธ บูส) as Power of Attorney, but the Court found the failure of Drummond to appear made the case nugatory. 

Drummond and Booth are now expected to have further criminal charges filed against them for filing false criminal charges. Booth is already facing indictment in Pattaya after a previous case in which she had filed against Noyes was involved was also dismissed.

 Drummond has two criminal convictions in Thailand, after being convicted by James Lumsden in the Supreme Court of Thailand, and was convicted in Pattaya on 4th February 2015 by Drew Noyes and David Hanks.

Drummond, who absconded while on bail, and now has five arrest warrants outstanding in cases brought by Noyes, Brian Goudie and David Hanks.

Drummond is facing arrest in nearly two hundred criminal charges already accepted by the Courts in Thailand.

Drummond fled to evade justice just days before the Supreme Court of Thailand ordered him be arrested.

Noyes said today after the verdict was read:

'We are delighted that the Court reached this verdict, upholding the fact that what was written about Drummond's Press Card being cancelled by the Thai Governement was absolutely true, and that an absconded convicted criminal who has fled justice should not be able to continue to prosecute cases by using others with Power of Attorney to give evidence on his behalf in the Courts while he is a fugitive from justice.'

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Pattaya Court orders British journalist Andrew Drummond be arrested.

Pattaya, 22nd April 2015

Andrew Drummond - on the run from over a hundred criminal charges.

In what started as a bad week for fugitive British journalist Andrew Drummond when Koh Samui Court issued 3 arrest warrants for him on Monday in 3 separate cases,   Pattaya Court today issued yet another arrest warrant for Drummond, bringing the number of arrest warrants issued this week to 4.

In total Drummond now has 5 outstanding warrants in relation to over a hundred criminal charges follows:

Case number   Plaintiff        Court                Date issued             Detail              Status

2014/2557      Jim Lumsden Pattaya        27th October 2014  2 charges     Convicted
8368/2556      Drew Noyes   Pattaya         17th March 2015     11 charges  Arrest warrant
1246/2556      David Hanks  Koh Samui  20th April 2015       15 charges   Arrest warrant
1269/2555      Brian Goudie Koh Samui   20th April 2015       4 charges    Arrest warrant
1826/2556      Brian Goudie Koh Samui   20th April 2015       22 charges  Arrest warrant
9819/2555      Drew Noyes    Pattaya         22nd April 2015      2 charges    Convicted
1327/2557       Drew Noyes   Pattaya         7th May 2015          85 charged  * see note

In case 1327/2557 Drummond has been summonsed to appear in Pattaya Court on May 7th to answer 85 new criminal charges filed by Drew Noyes, which Pattaya Court accepted for trial last month - he is not expected to appear.

* Note: in case 1327/2557 Drummond is a joint defendant with Alastair 'Ally' Cooper, who has also been summonsed to appear on May 7th.

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Pattaya Court indicts Kanokrat Booth (nกกนกรัตน์ นิ่มสมุทธ บูส) on charges of filing false charges and perjury.

Pattaya, April 23rd 2015.

Pattaya Court this morning accepted a case against Kanokrat Nismsamoot Booth กนกรัตน์ นิ่มสมุทธ บูส charges of filing false criminal charges (ฟ้องเท็จ).

Booth filed a case last year against a Thai National and Drew Noyes, and the case was dismissed against Noyes who then filed counter charges.  The counter charges have now been accepted.

The Court accepted the case this morning and issued a summons for Booth to appear in June to post bail and answer the charges, and if she does not appear it is expected Noyes will ask for an arrest warrant to be issued.

Booth filed a second case against Noyes in Bangkok, which was dismissed earlier this year, and it is expected that further charges will be filed against Booth by Noyes in coming days.

Koh Samui Court issues three arrest warrants for fugitive British Journalist Andrew Drummond.

Koh Samui, 20th April 2015

Koh Samui Provincial Court today issued arrest warrants in three criminal cases for fugitive British journalist Andrew Drummond.

Andrew Drummond - Three more arrest warrants issued

Drummond, already with two criminal convictions in Thailand, had failed to appear for the fourth time before Koh Samui Court, and an application to adjourn the case filed by Kanokrat Nimsamoot Booth on behalf of Drummond was dismissed.

Drummond by his lawyers told the Court that he was in UK arranging education for his three children and was unable to travel, however the Court was told Pattaya Court had already issued at least two arrest warrants for Drummond in the last few months and submissions were made to the effect that the arrest warrants were a greater reason for Drummond failing to appear, as Drummond would have been arrested as he entered the Court.

Brian Goudie - filed two cases

In it's decision, the Court found that Drummond had been given two chances previously to adjourn and found Drummond was intentionally trying to delay the case, deciding a further adjournment was not justified.

The Court then ordered three arrest warrants be issued for the convicted fugitive journalist, describing him as an 'escaped convict'.

Lawyer Sanya Namnaphon of Alba Laws LLP appeared on behalf of Brian Goudie and David Hanks in case number 1246/2556, 1269/2556 and 1826/2556 in which Drummond has to face approximately 40 criminal charges.

David Hanks - convicted Drummond last year

Goudie had filed two cases that were heard together, and Hanks had filed a further case over an article in the Scottish Sun that Drummond had also published on his web site.

Drummond was previously convicted on 4th February 2014 in a criminal case filed by Hanks and Drew Noyes.

Drummond was further convicted on October 27th 2014 in a case heard by the Supreme Court of Thailand in a case brought by James Lumsden.

Pattaya Provincial Court had previously issued a warrant for Drummond on 17th March in case number 8368/2556 - a case filed by Drew Noyes.

The case has approximately 85 criminal charges, and Drummond has been ordered to surrender to Pattaya Court on May 7th to answer the charges filed by Noyes.

A spokesperson for Hanks and Goudie said today:

'Brian and David are very happy that the Court saw through this ploy by Drummond today to yet again delay this case, and took a firm stand.

The fight with Drummond is not yet over - he has fled justice in Thailand, but is now within the jurisdiction of the UK Courts, and may find them less forgiving than the Courts in Thailand.

Mr Drummond says everyone is a criminal, or a fugitive, but is actually a hypocrit who always forgets to look at himself in the mirror.

Fleeing justice in Thailand is tantamount to an act of cowardice by Drummond for refusing to stand by the allegations he has made against these men, who have fought him in the Courts for the last three years'.

#andrewdrummond #allycooper

Thai Government blocks Google Blog site of fugitive British journalist Andrew Drummond.

Bangkok, 18th April 2015

Andrew Drummond - convicted criminal and wanted fugitive

The Thai Ministry of Information, Communications and Technology (MICT) has blocked the Google blog web site of convicted criminal and wanted fugitive British journalist Andrew Drummond.

Attempts to enter the site via the front page, or from search engines result in a re-direct to a page hosted by MICT.

The blog is hosted on Google's 'Blogger' site, and following this move by the Thai government Google are now expected to be pressurised to remove the site.

The MICT block means that the site will  not be able to be viewed by internet users with IP addresses in Thailand, but the block is effective only in Thailand, and will still be accessible from other countries. The block will effectively cut the traffic to Drummond's site by up to 90%.

Drummond, a former News of the World reporter, and most recently the Bangkok correspondent for the London Evening Standard, fled justice by leaving Thailand and fleeing to the UK late last year just days before the Supreme Court of Thailand issued an arrest warrant for him.


Drummond has continued to operate his Google blog website from overseas.

Drummonds Google blog has been criticising the Thai government heavily - particularly the Army and the Royal Thai Police, alleging these institutions directly and indirectly support corruption and criminal activity.

As noted above, attempts to access Drummond's Google blog from Thailand now results in a redirect to a screen hosted by MICT reporting they have blocked access to the site.

Translation : This website contains information and computer data that is not reasonable and has been blocked by the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology'.




The blocking of the Google hosted blog comes just days after a Court case in Thailand in which Drummond had taken criminal action against Drew Noyes and the Pattaya Times newspaper - Drummond's lawyers had called a senior government official from the Public Relations Department (PRD) as a prosecution witness. It is suspected that this move backfired as it brought the attention of the government to some of the anti-government material on the site, and may have indirectly led to the block.

Drummond left Thailand in December 2014 claiming threats to his life and his family, however has presented no evidence to substantiate his claims, and many say the real reason for his flight was to evade justice as Drummond faces dozens of criminal charges brought by parties Drummond wrote about on his site.

The report of Drummond's flight is reported here.

Drummond has fled to the UK leaving evading at least ten criminal cases, in at least two of which arrest warrants have already been issued.

#andrewdrummond #allycooper

British journalist Andrew Drummond and expat oil worker Alastair Cooper to be jointly indicted on Computer Crimes Charges.

Pattaya, April 4th 2015

Following a previous report  on this site it has now been confirmed that Pattaya Provincial Court has ordered convicted British journalist Andrew Drummond and expat oil worker Astair 'Ally' Cooper to appear in Court in early May 2015 to answer a criminal indictment on dozens of defamation and computer crimes charges.

Andrew Drummond - convicted in previous defamation cases.

In a case filed by Drew Noyes, Drummond was charged in connection  with his Web site, and Cooper charged as a sponsor and supporter.

Alastair 'Ally' Cooper

The Court had previously ordered Thai immigration authorities to confirm Cooper's travel to and from Thailand, and to confirm an address to allow Court documents to be served.

The Court accepted witness statements and found a prima face case exists for Drummond and Cooper to jointly face trial. Both men are alleged to have posted defamatory statements online.

After accepting the case, the Court issued a summons for both Cooper and Drummond to surrender to the Court early in May. 

The decision by the Court ro find a prima face case exists cannot be appealed and if either or both Drummond and Cooper fail to appear, it is expected lawyers for Noyes will ask for arrest warrants to be issued.

A case filed by Drummond and Cooper against Noyes has already been dismissed by Bangkok Central Criminal Court.

Drummond apparently incorrectly reported the case had been filed by a third party, Brian Goudie, but lawyers for Goudie stated that they have not yet filed cases againSt Cooper, but expect they may receive instructions to do so. Drummond has been ordered to surrender to Koh Samui court on April 20th in three separate cases filed by David Hanks and Brian Goudie.

Lawyers say the acceptance of the case against Cooper is a clear warning to parties posting comments on Drummond's blog that they can be prosecuted as supporters under Thai law, as all foreigers are required to file an address with immigration authorities.

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