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BASHING victim Jonathan Mark Lemley will face charges alleging possession of cocaine,andas soon as he recovers, Phuket police said on Tuesday. Samples of all the drugs were found in his pocket after he was knocked into a coma. Mr Lemley had been behaving erratically. It's not known whether he was tested for drugs in hospital.PHUKET: A young local has confessed to inflicting head injuries on an American motorcyclist who was found lying on a Phuket beach earlier this week.Kitti Keeratiwatthananusai, 18, went to Karon Police Station about 12.30pm today to confess to assaulting American tourist Jonathan Mark Lemley, 28, at the local beach.Khun Kitti told officers that he was helping his uncle pull in fishing nets early in the morning on Karon beach when he noticed the American trying to ride his motorcycle into the sea.The American was very drunk, Khun Kitti said. As he tried to stop the American from riding his motorcycle into the sea, the American pushed him away. Khun Kitti hit the American with a lump of wood.When he saw an account of the finding of the American on Karon beach he responded by going to the police station.Mr Lemley appeared to be acting irrationally by riding around Karon Circle for about 30 minutes, trying to stand his motorcycle up on one wheel.He was found on the beach with a serious head injury and remains in the intensive care unit at Vachira Phuket Hospital.