Uthen Jariya has been
arrested and charged with theft of an Australian tourist’s cellphone.
Boonlua Chatree
A transvestite recently released after serving a prison
sentence for theft landed behind bars again for allegedly pick-pocketing an
Australian man.
Uthen Jariya, 34, was apprehended on Soi Buakaow near
South Road Dec. 20 following the pick-pocketing complaint from Stewart
Gambele, 54. The Aussie said he was walking on Beach Road near Walking
Street when Uthen tried to befriend him and used the distraction to steal
his mobile phone.
Using Gambele’s description of the light-fingered
cross-dresser, police found the Chiang Mai native walking near the
Friendship Supermarket and searched him to find Gambele’s phone.
Police said the ladyboy confessed to taking the phone as
he’d recently been let out of jail and didn’t have any money.
