Anusorn Jumsuwan and
Laddawan Prachumchai have been charged with pick-pocketing Italian
Walter Schweigkofler.
Boonlua Chatree
Police arrested two accused transvestites detained by
passers-by after an Italian man claimed they’d pick-pocketed him.
Anusorn Jumsuwan, 22, and Laddawan Prachumchai, 29,
were taken into custody near the Dolphin Roundabout Aug. 5 following the
complaint by 65-year-old Walter Schweigkofler.
Police said the Italian claimed the duo had accosted
him while he was walking in North Pattaya and, during the diversion,
stolen 2,000 baht.
Police found the cash on Anusorn, who investigators
said confessed. Laddawan denied the charges.
