British couple Des and Mary Byrne said the “champagne corks are not popping yet” until they are on a flight back to the UK, after a 15-month nightmare ordeal in Thailand

A retired British couple living in Thailand faces potential prison sentences following a neighborhood dispute over garden access.Mary Byrne, 69, and her husband Desmond, 77, were involved in a physical altercation with neighbors regarding access to a small garden,

In December 2023, the Byrnes were alerted to a disturbance outside their home. When they stepped out to investigate, they were set upon—kicked, punched, and beaten in a relentless attack that was captured on CCTV, the BBC reports.

Des and Mary Byrne from Middlesbrough were living their retirement dream in a luxury villa in a tropical paradise - until the day they got caught up in a property row

A couple who retired to Thailand said they have been told to prepare to be sent to prison after they were attacked by neighbours. Mary Byrne, 69, and her husband Desmond, 77, who emigrated from Middlesbrough in 2021, said they became embroiled in a dispute with a younger couple over access and a small garden.

The Byrnes, from Middlesbrough, were handed a suspended jail term and fine despite being beaten up in property dispute.

A couple who were expecting to be sent to prison after they were attacked by neighbours in Thailand are "elated" after being fined instead. Mary Byrne, 69, and her husband Desmond, 77, who emigrated from Middlesbrough in 2021,