He was accused of stealing secrets about the navy's (shockingly careless) habits with nuclear waste, and passing them to foreigners.

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Lee Chestnutt, of Pilling, Lancashire, was accused of criminal damage and stealing furniture by the landlord of a property he rented in Bangkok.

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It is the third time he has run for president and it was widely believed that he won the 1992 presidential election, when he accused Mr Biya of stealing his victory.

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Lee Chestnutt, originally from Pilling, was accused of criminal damage and of stealing items of furniture from a property he rented in Bangkok.

BBC: Lee Chestnutt free to leave Thailand

Authorities say the accused man, a former justice of the peace, was embittered because he had been convicted of stealing government computer monitors an offense which was itself captured on security video.

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