Elderly German drugged,
robbed by Pattaya prostitute
Teerarak Suthathiwong
An elderly German has become the latest tourist to be drugged
and robbed by a Pattaya prostitute.
A groggy Joachim Gerd Lay, 73, met police in his Markland Hotel room
Nov. 24. A cut on his mouth and bleeding from the nose, Gerd pointed to
an opened and empty safe. Broken beer bottles and wine glasses were
scattered on the floor.
Condo owner Silvia Pattanasiri said the German had rented the room for
past two months, but called them that day to report he’d been robbed.
Gerd told his landlord that he and a German friend had met two Thai
women in their 30s at a restaurant in Naklua. They’d returned to the
Markland at 11:30 p.m. and had coffee in the lobby. At that point, the
victim’s friend left and he went upstairs with the two hookers.
He admitted he’d drank wine the two had given him, then passed out. He
cut himself in the fall.
Missing in the robbery were 200 euros, 50,000 baht, a digital camera and
his credit card.
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