The married couple gave evidence in court today ahead of their return to the United Kingdom tomorrow. Rosemary and Lewis Owen have been regular visitors to Thailand over the years and have apparently told friends in the past how much they loved the country. The accused also said he thought one of the tourists had hit one of his friends first. Thai police say that shortly after being apprehended one of the Thai men admitted he and his three friends were drunk. The son required multiple stitches for his injuries. Her husband suffered two black eyes and needed six stitches to his forehead. Rosemary Owen suffered fluid on the brain that needed draining. The sickening clip goes on to show the tourists being stamped on and the 68-year-old woman being savagely kicked in the head as she lays prone on the floor. There is then some grappling and something of a melee before another Thai man wearing a black t-shirt re-enters the scene and punches each one of the British family in the face knocking them all to the ground. After a short period of talking, the British woman appears to slap the Thai man in the face. The video then shows Rosemary Owen approach the Thai man. The Thai man responds by turning round and shoving the tourist resulting in the British man stumbling and falling to the floor. The video clip shows the son of the family brushing against a Thai man walking in the opposite direction. The narrow street in the middle of Hua Hin city is lined with small bars and was thronged at night with party-goers enjoying the Songkran New Year Water Festival. The video shows Rosemary Owen, 65, and her husband Lewis Owen, 68, walking along Soi Bintabaht with their 43-year-old son. Security cameras on Soi Bintabaht, Hua Hin In response, Thai police say that the video clip was confidential evidence forming a key part of their investigation and should not have been released into the public domain. There have been accusations on social media that Thai police and officials were trying to keep the video clip secret as part of an attempt to hush-up the incident which took place in a city with long-standing royal connections and one which is popular with foreign retirees and senior citizens. With various versions of the Hua Hin video going viral last week, Thai police and officials have been criticised for the way they have handled the case. If found guilty, the accused men face jail sentences ranging between six months and ten years. Details of the event only began to emerge towards the end of last week when video footage from a security camera was published online. The incident took place on Soi Bintabaht in central Hua Hin late in the night on April 13. Four Thai men have been arrested following a savage attack on a British family on holiday in the beach resort city of Hua Hin.
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