Shocking moment: British tourist is knocked to the ground and bleeding from the brain after calling a local’s girlfriend in Thailand’s ‘sin city’ Pattaya

A drunk British tourist was brutally attacked by two locals who claimed they were upset that he had called one of their friends in Thailand’s “sin city” Pattaya.

Steven Lord, 35, was visiting a supermarket to buy a cone of ice for his beer but began arguing outside the store at 5.10am on Sunday morning with two Thai men who were drinking alcohol.

The “heavily inebriated” Brit reportedly began harassing her, despite the shopkeeper trying to hustle him away.

Locals lost their temper when the holidaymaker allegedly called one of the men’s girlfriend, prompting her to lunge at him and brutally beat him on the sidewalk.

Paramedics from the Sawang Boriboon Thammasat rescue team said they received a report of the injured tourist in Bang Lamung district in the early hours of the morning.

Mr Lord is treated after being attacked in the street

Steven Lord (pictured after being beaten), 35, visited a supermarket to buy a bag of ice for his beer

They found Lord bleeding profusely, with a swollen face, a broken front tooth, and cuts to his eyebrows and head.

However, the rioting Briton initially refused assistance and tried to attack the rescuers while shouting at them.

They managed to calm him down and administer first aid before taking him to a hospital.

Shopkeeper Euaamporn Rattanamethakoson, 36, said: “The Brit came to buy ice cream but I noticed he was very drunk.”

“I saw him bothering some men outside my shop, but he wouldn’t listen to me when I tried to tell him to leave.”

Police Colonel Thanapong Phothi, head of Pattaya Police Station, said a search had been launched for the suspects, who fled the scene before officers could arrive.

They checked the store’s CCTV footage and located Apichai Prawe and Denchai Khanteetao, both 28, in a nearby rented room in the city.

The couple reportedly admitted to police that they assaulted Lord.

They claimed they tried to get him to leave but he was “too stubborn” and refused to listen to them. They added that they lost their temper when he called Prawe’s girlfriend.

Both were taken into police custody to stand trial.

Paramedics from the Sawang Boriboon Thammasat rescue team said they received a report of the injured tourist in Bang Lamung district in the early hours of the morning

Paramedics managed to calm him down and administer first aid before taking him to a hospital

Meanwhile, it was revealed that Lord was under close medical supervision due to his injuries, including intracranial hemorrhage

Meanwhile, it was revealed that Lord was under close medical supervision due to his injuries, including intracranial hemorrhage.

The police officer added: “The two attackers have confessed and will be prosecuted.” Being intoxicated is not illegal and does not justify the attack.

“We are now waiting to interview the victim to get his account of the incident and get more evidence from him.”

The attack on the British holidaymaker comes just a month after a British father and son were brutally beaten by bouncers outside a Pattaya bar.

Holidaymaker Ian Thomas, 60, and his son Gregory, 37, had entered the Matador Bar on the city’s red light street Soi Buakhao but were reportedly asked to leave by the bar owner around 1.35am on August 5.

The two were ushered outside by bouncers when their heated argument resulted in a physical brawl, with Gregory initially being beaten up. CCTV footage shows him being beaten and dragged to the ground, where he was then repeatedly kicked.

This is shocking: A British tourist and his son were attacked by bouncers outside a bar in Thailand’s “Sin City” Pattaya

Footage then shows elderly Briton Ian in a black shirt slapping a security guard in the face, causing even more chaos as staff pushed him to the ground and repeatedly kicked him in the head.

Gregory was seen in a plaid polo shirt trying to help his father, but was attacked and beaten again, leaving his father in a heap in the street.

Police found Gregory tending to an injured Ian lying on the ground with a bruised left eyebrow and broken glasses.

Thailand’s current military government has made efforts to clean up Pattaya after it was dubbed the “sex capital” of the world and modern day Sodom and Gomorrah.

However, the city’s lucrative underground economy, based on sex, crime, alcohol and drugs, has proved elusive in the once sleepy seaside town.

Scores of British expats have also opened bars in the sun-drenched resort, which has become an attractive retirement destination for pensioners.