A man from Edinburgh says he is facing jail in Thailand because he picked up a woman's phone in a bar "by mistake" on the first day of a backpacking holiday.
Rory McColl, 37, arrived in Bangkok on 9 March for a 12-day trip around the country, but was arrested after he went out for a drink on his first night.
His parents, who have been keeping in touch with him on FaceTime, told BBC Scotland News that bar staff called the police following the misunderstanding and Rory was taken into custody where he spent two days in a concrete jail cell.
They said he was released on bail but has been unable to leave the country as his passport was confiscated.
For the last seven weeks Rory has been living out of a hotel in Pattaya, a popular beach resort about 90 miles (150 km) south east of Bangkok.
