Convicted journalist Andrew Drummond falsely reports story of convicted paedophile Gregory Miller.

Pattaya, 30th July 2015

Andrew Drummond -  'incapable of reporting the truth'.

Journalist Andrew Drummond, who absconded on bail from Thailand and fled to the UK in January of this year has falsely reported a convicted paedophile was 'fitted up' has been accused of being 'incapable of reporting the truth'.

Drummond with two criminal convictions and seven outstanding arrest warrants in Thailand has reported that Gregory James Miller, who recently passed away in Chonburi Hospital where he had been taken from Rayong Regional Prison, was ''fitted up', Drummond reports:

That Greg Miller was fitted up on several charges is a given. A retrial was ordered and six out of seven child sexual abuse charges were dismissed and five out of seven kidnapping charges were dismissed.

Greg Miller - died in custody

 In fact, Miller pleaded guilty to all charges against the advice of his former lawyer after changing lawyers from Alba Laws LLP, to Yongyuth Sirikrishna of Sukhothai Inter Laws in Pattaya received his sentence.

Lawyer Sanya Namnaphon of Alba Laws LLP had already secured Miller's release on bail for urgent medical treatment before a former staff member encouraged Miller to pay her a large sum of money, and later staged a robbery at the Alba Laws offices to try to cover the fact that she had been embezzling company funds - following a recent internal police investigation prompted by a complaint to the Royal Thai Police Internal Affairs unit,  an arrest warrant is now imminent for the staff member on charges of theft, fraud, trespass and embezzlement.

Miller later said that his new lawyers guaranteed him a maximum sentence of 10 years and all parties were stunned when the Court handed down in Novemeber 2014 what was one of the highest sentences on record in Pattaya.

The Region 2 Court of Appeal ordered Miller's sentence be reviewed, but no 'retrial' was ordered.

Following the change of lawyers, Miller was sentenced to 38 years in jail, later reduced to 27 years on appeal, and Miller sued, leaving the two legal firms embroiled in a legal battle that it appears cannot be settled.

Lawyers for Alba Laws LLP said this week:

' Whilst we deeply regret the death in custody of Greg Miller, it is unfortunate that the story has been distorted in the media by a convicted criminal journalist with many outstanding arrest warrants who is simply incapable of telling the truth.

Greg Miller was not 'fitted up', in fact he pleaded guilty to all charges against our advice and changed lawyers.

The evidence against Miller was absolutely overwhelming and included video and photo evidence that the Technical Services team of the FBI were able to 'crack' on an encrypted drive.

We have tried to settle the case with his mother but have been obstructed by constant meddling and lies and deceptions in the media.

Outside of the handling of Greg's case, his new lawyers have been illegally providing confidential information to Drummond will now see them facing criminal charges in Pattaya Court next month where the lawyers are being charged with contempt of court and leaking confidential Court documents.

We have already provided the FBI with a copy of all of our files that graphically show Greg Miller was guilty as charged.'

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Thai Court of Appeal confirms criminal conviction of fugitive journalist Andrew Drummond.

18th July 2015

Andrew Drummond - convicted and sentenced to 4 months jail.

The Region 2 Court of Appeal in Rayong has confirmed the criminal conviction of fugitive journalist Andrew Drummond on Computer Crimes charges.

Drummond, who absconded on bail from Thailand in January of this year to evade criminal prosecution failed to appear to hear the reading of the verdict and he was sentenced to four months imprisonment and fined GBP 800 in his absence.There is an existing arrest warrant in the case that is valid for 10 years.

Drummond was convicted in February 2015 in a case filed by David Hanks and Drew Noyes and following his conviction filed an appeal before absconding on bail.

Drummond also recently failed to appear in Pattaya Court and following a previous report on this site it has now been confirmed that Pattaya Provincial Court has ordered the convicted British journalist along with one of the supporters to his site, expat oil worker Alastair 'Ally' Cooper to appear in Court on 23rd August 2015 to answer a further criminal indictment on dozens of defamation and computer crimes charges. 

In a hearing this week, lawyers for Cooper have tried to argue he cant be tried in Thailand, but the Court has made an order that Cooper appear on 23rd August 2015 or an arrest warrant will be issued.

The case was 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 earlier this year, the Court issued a summons for both Cooper and Drummond to surrender to the Court early in May, Drummond failed to appear and the Court issued an arrest warrant for him, but Cooper had filed an application to rehear the case. Cooper's application has now been dismissed, and he must appear or join Drummond as a fugitive from justice.

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 and when he failed to appear the Court issued three arrest warrants in Black Case numbers 1247/2556, 1269/2556 and 1826/2556.

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.