Swiss man denies assaulting Thai woman, attributing incident as accident (video)

A Swiss man denied physically assaulting a Thai female doctor for sitting on the steps of his luxury villa in Phuket, saying it was an accident when he stumbled on the stairs, causing his foot to accidentally kick the doctor’s back.

The 26 year old female doctor, Tarndao Chandam, took to social to share that a Swiss man, later identified as 45 year old Urs Fehr, allegedly attacked her from behind when she and her friend were sitting on some steps outside his villa on the beach near Yamu Cape in the Thalang district of Phuket.

Tarndao thought the staircase was public property as it was situated on the public beach. She claimed that both Fehr and his Thai wife shouted vulgarities at her, threatening to sue her for trespassing and asserting connections with high-ranking police in…