A SWEDISH tourist visiting Phuket has become an unwitting advocate for the popular phrase ''Don't get your knickers in a twist.''
After a long Saturday night and Sunday morning at Patong's Hollywood nightclub, off the popular Soi Bangla strip, the young woman went back to her room at a Patong guesthouse.
At some point a little later on Sunday, about 3.30am, she happened to notice that her panties were inside out.
This struck her as odd, as it does most people who prefer their underwear to be right side out.
On the basis of this unexpected development, she made a telephone call in a state of some alarm to Kathu police, who oversee Patong. An officer was despatched to investigate.
This could be, police feared on the basis of what they had been told, a case of sexual molestation involving a tourist.
At the guesthouse, the officer was told that the woman suspected she may have been the victim of a date-rape, because she usually put her panties on the right way.
She could offer no further clues. There were, it seems, gaps in her memory of the preceding evening at Hollywood.
There was, however, no sign of disturbance to her room. But the officer did notice that the woman appeared to still be a little inebriated.
Although the only evidence appeared to be her inside-out knickers, the woman persisted with her concern that she may have unknowingly become the victim of a sexual predator.
The officer took her to Patong Hospital, where she submitted to an intimate examination. The result: negative.
At that point, the woman decided not to take the matter further.
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At some point a little later on Sunday, about 3.30am, she happened to notice that her panties were inside out.
This struck her as odd, as it does most people who prefer their underwear to be right side out.
On the basis of this unexpected development, she made a telephone call in a state of some alarm to Kathu police, who oversee Patong. An officer was despatched to investigate.
This could be, police feared on the basis of what they had been told, a case of sexual molestation involving a tourist.
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Although the only evidence appeared to be her inside-out knickers, the woman persisted with her concern that she may have unknowingly become the victim of a sexual predator.
The officer took her to Patong Hospital, where she submitted to an intimate examination. The result: negative.
At that point, the woman decided not to take the matter further.
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She should have had a drug screen. Any copper worth their salt would have requested the same. If she is not a virgin and the culprit used a condom there would not be any evidence.
Gaps in her memory + knickers backwards ?? Sounds like Rohipnol date rape drug if you check all the literature ?? Due diligence not done by the coppers. we'll never know
Posted by tom on October 12, 2010 01:47