PHUKET! HOLIDAYMAKER DEPORTED AFTER ‘EX’ CANCELS HIS PASSPORT
A holidaymaker’s dream trip to Thailand turned into a nightmare when his spiteful former partner cancelled his passport.
The vacation of a lifetime ended before it began when the man was detained at the airport as soon as he arrived in Thailand.
His ex-partner Rosie Wood (pictured) had been “p***** off” about him jetting off to the sun and went online to void his passport as stolen or lost.
As a result, 31-year-old Wood, of Inverkeithing, appeared in the dock at Dunfermline Sheriff Court.
She admitted that on 16th October last year for the purpose of causing annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety to her ex-partner, she falsely reported his passport as lost or stolen via the online application system.
This caused him to be detained by immigration services in Thailand and deported back to the UK.
Depute fiscal Matthew Knapp said the man had gone to Thailand for a two-week holiday but, on arriving at the airport there, he was told his passport had been marked as lost, stolen or revoked.
He denied this was the case but was deported back to the UK.
On his return he contacted the police asking them to investigate the matter.
These inquiries uncovered that Wood’s broadband account had been used to void the passport online and that she was the victim’s former partner.
She attended Dunfermline police station for interview and confessed what she had done to officers.
She said it was “because he’d left her kids and she was p***** off.”
She told police she realised it had been “silly” but once she had done it there was nothing she could do to reverse it, added the depute.
The would-be holidaymaker had told police that on arriving at the airport, “he went to the security gate and it all went crazy from there.”
He said he thought he was “about £2500 out of pocket” through the loss of the holiday.
Defence solicitor Shona Westwood said her client was “deeply regretful” and “very ashamed” of her actions.
She added, “She’s not in the best of financial positions.”
Sheriff Mark O’Hanlon told Wood, “This is a serious matter with your ex-partner losing his entire holiday.”
He imposed a community payback order with 12 months of supervision and 167 hours of unpaid work. As a result of her limited finances, he restricted the compensation payment to £500.
