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I'm in Pattaya at the moment.
Young lad been arrested for 200 E's...
Not looking good for him at all.
His Dad lives here and has launched an appeal.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Help-Lance-Whitmore/1470320949885135?fref=ts
Russ in Thailand 5:33 Wed Sep 24
Re: Young Lad Arrested for drugs in Thailand
Hello I'm Lance's Father, Russel Whitmore. Just to put a few facts into the ever growing story of rumors.
Lance has lived with me since he was 12 years old, travelling where ever my job in sales and marketing took us. It's I who own part shares in a restaurant here not Lance, just not enough to sell to cover his bail. Lance was in training as an engineer for work in the oil industry, which I've paid for all of his courses from only wanting the best chance in life for my son.
However, his life fell apart a few months ago. Within days, his Grand father died of lung cancer in the UK and then his Thai girlfriend, here, who he was engaged to died from meningitis. He flew back from the UK and sat by her bedside for two weeks, watching her die, holding her hand, hoping she would recover, she never did.
If any of you are married, just ask yourself, how would that affect you, watching your wife die?
Companies out here have very little sympathy for such circumstances, so he lost his job too. He never really got over any of this.
Then, One afternoon a friend called Jake asked him to go for a drink, Lance went. Jake had on him 200 e pills with the intention of selling them. Lance, stupidly involved himself by going. For legal reasons I cant go into more details here. I can only say they were both arrested.
Jake has since admitted in the official police report, that the pills from the arrest and 81 more the police found in his room later, were his alone and that Lance had nothing to do with them.
How many of you go out with your mates, do you always know what they are doing when you go out with them?
Guilty by association under the law here.
One of you posted that Thai jails are mild.... yeah right.
Lance is being held in Klong Prem Prison in Bangkok. Here he will stay till his bail in 81 days from being detained. I have been told it's 3 Million Thai Baht. It's a standard rate here at the moment. Innocent till proven guilty, nah, not here.
Lance is in a cell with 78 others, none of them speak English. There is no room for anyone to lay down to sleep. There's no clean water to wash with, only infectious Bangkok river water. The only toilet is a hole in the floor for all 78 prisoners to share. Reasons for not sleeping, 2 of the prisoners have been stabbed and are critical in the prison hospital since my first visit to see him. Lance, in six weeks, has developed an appendix problem, has skin mites and open skin infections. All of which I am trying to get them to allow Lance to see a Doctor. What of the UK Embassy, they are writing a "Polite"letter.
Prisons in the UK are a holiday camp compared to here.
Knowing a little bit more than rumors now, does a person deserve this? I'm not making excuses for his actions, he's a young man. Any human with any shred of humanity would say no and help. All I have left as a Father is asking for Help. I wish I didn't have to.
I hope the supports of West Ham can find it in your hearts to help me...
Regards
Russ
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