A British tourist has been arrested for attacking a shopkeeper and a teenage boy on the Thai island of Phuket.
George Paterson, 40, from Glasgow, Scotland, allegedly rampaged past nearby homes before vandalising a motorcycle outside the store.
CCTV shows George trying to tear the seat from the vehicle before the angry owner, Warin Dokbua, 51, shouts at him to leave.
But the Brit retaliated and began throwing punches at the smaller local man.
Shockingly, he then picked up two glass bottles and hurled them at the terrified father-of-three on Friday morning.
During the scuffle, a mother and her three children, including a baby girl, pulled up on a scooter.
George is then seen on the surveillance camera striking the young boy and hurling him to the ground before pushing the mother and two little girls off the motorcycle.
Warin called the police before George was caught in a nearby street. He was arrested and taken into custody, but officers said he was too agitated to be questioned.
George Paterson, 40, from Glasgow , Scotland, allegedly rampaged past nearby homes before vandalising a motorcycle outside the store
George was seen on the surveillance camera striking the young boy and hurling him to the ground
The Brit was arrested and taken into custody, but officers said he was too agitated to be questioned
Brits have long emigrated to Thailand to enjoy the hot weather and food.
Claudia, who is from the UK but moved to Koh Samui, Thailand in 2023, often documents her life in the Southeast Asian country on her TikTok account.
The content creator revealed her main reasons for moving abroad were the weather and to be around ‘open minded successful people’ who weren’t always complaining about the cost of living crisis or the bad weather.
Claudia, 31, who runs a social media strategy business, revealed she left the UK when she was 24 after racking up lots of university debt.
She first visited Thailand as a tourist seven years ago and knew she would call it home one day.
After saving up money and quitting her job in the UK, Claudia moved back to the popular holiday hotspot with her partner.
The entrepreneur revealed the cheaper lifestyle allows her to ‘outsource’ a lot of the household tasks so she can focus on her business.
In a video that racked up more than 68,000 views, Claudia explained why she couldn’t ‘ever imagine’ moving back to the UK. In the clip she said: ‘The biggest reason is the lifestyle, in the UK you get maybe two months of good weather a year if you are lucky, the rest of the time it’s grey skies, constant rain and people rushing around in coats complaining.’
Claudia revealed that in Koh Samui she wakes up and feels like she is on holiday every day.
She added: ‘I train outside, go running, paddle board and spend time at the beach, even the restaurants are open air.’
Secondly, the business owner revealed the ‘community’ was a big draw for the expat lifestyle.
She explained: ‘In the UK conversations revolve around complaining, work stress, bills, the cost of living crisis, the weather but here I’m surrounded by successful open minded people, local and expats from all over the world who are building businesses, creating freedom and are actually excited about life.’
Claudia said this lifestyle is ’empowering’ and it makes her want to ‘level up’.
