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Caitlin Ashworth

Caitlin Ashworth is a writer from the United States who has lived in Thailand since 2018. She graduated from the University of South Florida St. Petersburg with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and media studies in 2016. She was a reporter for the Daily Hampshire Gazette In Massachusetts. She also interned at the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Virginia and Sarasota Herald-Tribune in Florida.
  • Crime NewsFamily works to appeal South African’s sentencing in Koh Samui drug trafficking case
    Caitlin AshworthMonday, February 28, 2022
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    Family works to appeal South African’s sentencing in Koh Samui drug trafficking case

    The family of the young South African woman incarcerated at Thai prison for accepting a package of drugs have been working on an appeal. 22 year old Ashley Oosthuizen was sentenced to life in prison after she accepted a package of MDMA at the Koh Samui restaurant Hot in the Biscuit in late-2020. Her mother, Lynn Blignaut, told The Thaiger…

  • Cannabis NewsThailand’s crazy cannabis laws explained
    Caitlin AshworthWednesday, February 16, 2022
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    Thailand’s crazy cannabis laws explained

    Thailand’s recent changes to the laws around cannabis have sparked confusion across the country, with many questioning, “Is weed legal now?” Well.. not the weed that will cause a high. There’s a limit on the plant’s psychoactive component, known as THC, so you won’t get stoned when you order a cannabis-infused tea or dish topped with a pot leaf. Those…

  • Crime NewsRenewed calls for justice for Koh Samui expat incarcerated on drug charges
    Caitlin AshworthTuesday, February 15, 2022
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    Renewed calls for justice for Koh Samui expat incarcerated on drug charges

    Calls for justice have been renewed for an expat who was arrested on Koh Samui and now sits in Thai jail for drug charges. The young South African woman, Ashley Oosthuizen, was arrested after she reportedly accepted a package from a delivery person that contained MDMA. In a screenshot leaked online, the Koh Samui Provincial Court sentenced her to the…

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