Author jailed for insulting Thai royals

A THAI court yesterdayjailed an Australian writer for three years for insulting the royal family in a novel.

Harry Nicolaides, 41, arrived in a Bangkok court with his feet shackled and pleaded guilty to the charges related to a passage in a book, Verisimilitude, he self-published in 2005.

“He has written a book, that slandered the king, the crown prince of Thailand and the monarchy,” the judge told the court.