Sipping cocktails by the pool, lounging with a tiger, riding an elephant and hanging out with bikini-clad dancing girls: Portrait of a taunting thug after his curfew was lifted

• Nathanial McIntosh convicted of a 'sustained attack' on three people
• Magistrates relaxed curfew so he could go on holiday to Thailand
• Posted pictures of his holiday branding his critics 'w******'
• Amateur footballer, 23, boasts of his trips to pole dancing clubs and parties

By Luke Salkeld

Grinning smugly for the camera beside a Thai beach, Nathan McIntosh looks pretty pleased with himself.
As well he might.
Although he faced a curfew following his conviction for violent crime, his punishment was postponed – so he could go on this exotic holiday.

Nathaniel McIntosh, 23, posted pictures such as this of him on holiday in Thailand posing with a tiger

Convicted thug Nathanial McIntosh has been boasting of his Thailand holiday after his curfew was lifted

The father sent an unrepentant taunt with a sunshine snap from the Thailand resort

The 23-year-old tattooed thug, who carried out a ‘sustained attack’ in which he punched and kicked two men and a woman, sparked outrage when he was given permission to go on the already-booked four-week trip.

 

Now in a gloating and foul-mouthed message to his critics back home in Cornwall, the repeat offender has posted holiday snaps of himself online, and described opponents of the court’s decision as ‘w******’.
His taunt was directed at his local newspaper, the West Briton, after it reported on the backlash which followed the decision to allow him the sunshine break.

High life: Nathanial McIntosh was seen riding an elephant during his holiday

Relaxing: In January he was given a 12-week suspended prison sentence and an eight-week curfew, but it looked far from his mind

He posted pictures of himself lying beside a tiger, and of bikini-clad dancing girls on stage with the caption ‘1st night in Bangkok!’
And addressing the publication with a photo of himself in beachwear, he wrote: ‘Put this on the front of the West Briton....W******!!’

The newspaper did exactly that in yesterday’s edition, beneath the heading: ‘Unrepentant: Thug’s Thailand taunt.’ 
McIntosh in turn responded on Twitter by calling the newspaper staff ‘c****’ and mocking them for taking the ‘bait like a fish to a hook’, adding: ‘I am in tears over here [...] haha.’

By yesterday afternoon, however, he had restricted his Tweets from public view.

Enjoying his freedom: McIntosh, who has previous convictions for violence following an assault in 2010, posted pictures of himself at pole dancing shows and boxing matches while on holiday

McIntosh has been bragging to his followers of his holiday, and posted pictures of himself at a Full Moon Party

The roofer and amateur footballer from Falmouth had admitted using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour with intent in an incident in Newquay last August.
In January he was given a 12-week suspended prison sentence and an eight-week curfew.
But a magistrate later agreed to lift the curfew so McIntosh could go on the extended break to the Phi Phi Islands.
While enjoying his holiday, McIntosh, who is banned from the road for driving while three times the legal limit, and whose previous offences include a conviction for assault in 2010, also boasted about watching Thai boxing fights and eating McDonald’s.
He will be subjected to the 7pm to 6am daily curfew when he returns next week.

McIntosh, who had a previous conviction for assault in 2010, asked magistrates for an amendment as he had already paid for the holiday to Thailand - and they agreed

McIntosh was also given a 12 week suspended jail term for the incident in Newquay against three people, suspended for a year

McIntosh took the opportunity to crow about his holiday, after magistrates allowed him to go on holiday

The convicted thug had his curfew altered so he could go on holiday to Thailand

West Briton reader Adam Petrauske, who spotted McIntosh’s picture on the Instagram website, said: ‘I find it absolutely disgusting how he has been able to get away with this.’

Peter Chapman, chairman of the Magistrates’ Association’s  sentencing committee, said: ‘If the curfew clashes with work, a  pre-booked holiday, a relative’s wedding, or a job interview, magistrates can adjust the curfew as they see fit.
‘The punishment imposed by a curfew consists of the number of days and hours on which the offender’s liberty is restricted by having to be at home.’

He added: ‘If the magistrates wish the offender to suffer a financial loss, they will order a fine to be paid.
‘They will not add to the punishment by forcing the offender to suffer additional financial losses.’

A Ministry of Justice spokesman said: ‘Only courts can vary the requirements imposed under suspended sentence – this is solely a matter for them.’

David Davies, Tory MP for Monmouth, said: ‘It is absolutely horrifying that an offender such as this who has harmed others can be allowed to go on holiday instead of carrying out his punishment.
‘But sadly this is an all too common story of an offender not having their sentence properly enforced.’

Magistrates relaxed the thug's curfew so that he could go on holiday, where he has boasted of watching boxing matches and partying

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