Moment Brit, 30, is arrested for ‘raping six-year-old girl he met in Thailand’
Video shows the moment a man was arrested for allegedly raping a six-year-old girl who he knew through a friend.
National Crime Agency (NCA) officers claimed to have found child abuse content to Luke Adam Lawrence’s phone.
A video found also allegedly showed the 30-year-old raping the six-year-old girl which the organisation believes happened in Thailand.
The NCA then worked with police in Thailand to try and identify the girl and found the victim who is now seven years old.
He is seen being arrested at his home in Pattaya, Thailand, where he lives with his girlfriend.
The video shows him shirtless getting arrested with his girlfriend stood by him in a light blue silk nightie.
A translator can be heard reading out the charges to him as he stands awkwardly and listens.
He can also be heard saying ‘what, woah, wow’ as he is ordered to kneel down by police.
The translator says: ‘According to the illegal conduct you have done, there has been a charge of rape, statutory rape, of another individual, by force, by threat, by applying threats and force, violent threats and violent force, to a person that was in a position that could not resist, or a person that could not fight back.
‘Also, against a minor under the age of 13 years old, which is not your wife, not your legal wife.
‘Even if that child did or did not agree, this conduct has been done against a child, that has not reached the age of 13 years old, so even if the child did agree or not agree to that, the child was in a situation where they could not fight back or do anything about that.’
Police Lieutenant Colonel Kiatkong Thongkham said: ‘The suspect denied all charges and refused to testify during the arrest. He was detained at the police station.’
The CIB added: ‘This is a warning to Thai women who seek foreign partners through various online channels, to be careful of the dangers of pedophilia.
‘Being aware of, and protecting against dangers that may arise from those who behave in this way, is very important.’
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