UK couple in Clockwork Orange style sex attack on Thai island

In what has been compared to a Clockwork Orange-style sexual attack, a British couple have been terrorised, drugged and raped on the resort island of Koh Chang.

The unnamed couple, one a government employee and the other a businessman, had decided on the Thai holiday island as the end of their one year sabbatical holiday. They have fled Thailand after being subjected to the attack by what is believed to be a gang that preys on foreign tourists.

The 42-year-old man remembers little of the evening other than watching his 31-year-old wife being sexually assaulted by two men. The pair lay inside their bungalow motionless for nearly two days after the attack. They finally managed to call police but when no officers showed they went to the local hospital.

Doctors at the hospital showed no signs of surprise as they diagnosed the pair as having been drugged with the date-rape drug Dormicum. Both showed signs of having been raped and also sexually abused.

The pair claim that police and a UK representative on the island showed scant interest in their plight. They are due back in Britain shortly and have gone public with their story to warn other travellers of the dangers of meeting strangers abroad.

The wife stated that the evening had begun with drinks on the beach with some French men and believes that they were the ones who spiked the couple’s drinks. The woman remembers feeling drowsy and being carried to her bungalow by one of the Frenchmen. From there, everything remains a blur.

The husband said he can remember watching his wife being assaulted by two men through the window of the bungalow, along with being in a foetal position as the men stood over him laughing at what they had done to his wife.

Both the British consulate and Thai police say they are treating the matter seriously.