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 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.

Des and Mary Byrne have been found guilty of causing "superficial injuries and mental anguish" her brother has revealed, despite the fact they were not the aggressors in the incident

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,

Mary and Desmond Byrne say they were involved in a garden dispute with their neighbours that descended into violence

In an astonishing twist of fate, an elderly British couple have narrowly avoided what had seemed an inevitable prison sentence in Thailand.