Pol Lt Surasak Sudmuang of the Karon Police was informed of the incident at 4am, and soon arrived at the condo, near the base of Kata Hill, with other officers to investigate.
Officers were told that the British man had contacted three ladyboys, or katoey in Thai, from Patong to come to his condo. The ladyboys had agreed for B4,000 each.
However, when the three arrived at about 3am, the British man gave only one of them B2,000 and told the other two to go away.
That’s when the fight started, along with a struggle for the British man’s wallet.
According to one version of events, the British man started hitting the three ladyboys, despite confirmation that the ladyboys had started throwing things around the room, and breaking them.
During the melee, one of the ladyboys grabbed a kitchen knife “for self defense”, and the British man suffered a knife injury, police confirmed.
Two others who were reported to have suffered minor injuries in the fight were taken to Dibuk Hospital.
One person suffered a head injury and required stitches to a wound on his/her arm and was taken to Chalong Hospital, police also confirmed.
Two of the four involved in the fight were taken Karon Police Station.
At last report Karon Police were continuing their investigation into the incident with the intent of pressing charges.