This is the humiliating moment a British tourist is forced to make a public apology after falsely claiming his laptop was stolen in an armed robbery.

Adesanya Olamide Omolaja, 35, contacted police saying he'd been held at knifepoint by three men who demanded he hand over his backpack in Koh Samui, Thailand, on June 11.

He told officers the robbers made off on motorbikes with his Apple MacBook and wanted a police report to make a travel insurance claim.

But after investigating police found that he'd actually lost the laptop in the UK.

Officers checked CCTV from his Thai hotel and discovered that Mr Omolaja left his room without a rucksack.

The financial trader was also accompanied by a young woman - despite telling police he'd been alone taking photographs of a house when he was robbed.

Varong Thapana, Chief of Tourist Police in Koh Samui, arrested Mr Omolaja on June 14 and the holidaymaker admitted he had lost his laptop back in England.

Officers ordered him to make a grovelling apology while warning others not to make bogus travel insurance claims.

In the video, the financial trader said: 'As you have seen from the video that was what happened to me the other day.

'I guess the lesson here is that when you come over to Thailand, just be straight up with the police. Don't lie. I took bad advice and see where it landed me.'

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