Backpacker jailed in Thailand for 'picking up phone' returns home
Chris Dodd was told to leave Thailand as soon as possible after his lawyer managed to get the prosecution to drop the case
He said he found the phone just as he was about get into the taxi after arriving Chiang Mai airport. He looked around to see if he could spot someone who may have dropped it but could not see anyone so he decided to take with him to the hostel to try to trace the owner from there. He said:"I was stripped naked, sent in, given a blanket. Then the next thing you know you're being taken into the cells where they house massive amounts of people.
He had faced a five-year prison term if convicted, but the charges against him were eventually waived and he could return home to the UK.
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