Hi guys, up until a few days ago my plans to retire in Thailand were set in stone. Recently my sister was the victim of a violent assault by a couple, being hit in the face with a brick completely unprovoked. Long story short I went to her assistance and have been charged with 1 count of aggregated break & enter and 2 counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm (the guy ran inside his house and I chased him technically making it break & enter). I live in Australia. Now whilst we are going to fight the charges on self defence, I’m wondering if that fails will I be denied entry long term into Thailand? My plan was to semi retire in around 8-10yrs time.
Almost a similar account to what a friend of mine went through.
His sister had a violent husband. They knew he was beating her, but it was one of those Stockholm Syndrome relationships where she was protecting him. One day my mate goes to visit and the door is wide open. He hears commotion, walks in and he's beating the shit out of her. So he runs to his car, grabs a tyre iron and caves his head in. Dude spent 6 months in a coma and had to have plates put in his head.
My mate spent 2 years behind bars.
SE is right though. I know for a fact that there are plenty of expats there with criminal records of all sorts. So obviously either not an issue, or there are easy ways around it. Probably does involve your wallet 55.
