A British man is facing prosecution in Thailand after he claimed he was stabbed by taxi drivers when he was actually injured while drunk climbing a wall. Daniel Nolan, from Southampton, told police he was attacked while out clubbing in Chiang Mai last week. The 30-year-old claimed it left him with a large gash on his abdomen and a torn tendon in his arm. He also said he lost his phone which could have been stolen. Detectives launched a search to find the alleged perpetrators, but there was no sign of them on CCTV cameras. They began to doubt Daniel’s story when he failed to answer basic questions about the “assault” before finding security footage that undermined his testimony. Footage shows a drunken foreign man climbing into the courtyard of a cafe before scaling the fence and leaving bloodstains behind. He reportedly broke several pipes while climbing the wall, which had shards of glass on top to deter intruders. To view this video, please enable JavaScript and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Daniel Nolan appears on CCTV footage in the early hours (Image: ViralPress) Daniel Nolan speaks to Thai police from his hospital bed in Chiang Mai (Image: ViralPress) Daniel Nolan’s injuries were recorded by Thai police as they tried to hunt down his ‘assailants’ (Image: ViralPress) Owner Chakrabhand Thiphayamonthon, 60, said: “The tourist was in a state of extreme intoxication. He was shouting near the Three Kings Monument and a guard asked him to leave. “He went to a bike shop and they kicked him out. Then it suddenly started climbing the wall of my house which is 6.5 feet high and had glass spikes. My nephew even saw him running. “There was blood everywhere so I think he must have been injured while climbing. No one chased him and I dropped his phone at my house. I will not press charges as there was almost no damage to my home.” Lt. Gen. Thawatchai Pongwiwattanachai said the tourist’s “lies” were damaging the province’s public image and promised to investigate. British tourist left bloodstains on wall (Image: ViralPress) CCTV footage undermined tourist’s testimony (Image: ViralPress) “Making a false report to the police is also a crime and if the holidaymaker has done it deliberately, he will be prosecuted,” the police chief added. “He made very serious allegations that the police investigated in good faith and spent time on them.” A police spokesman said officers also found Daniel’s phone, which had not been stolen. Contact our news team by emailing [email protected] For more stories like this, check out our news page.
