I am reluctant to post here due to how things may be misinterpreted or however else these threads go off track. I will try and keep to the facts and be brief and please keep in mind that a lot of this information has been sent from Thai friends that aren't fluent in English.
A 7 year old girl was raped and murdered not long ago in the Chachoengsao region. The person was apprehended trying to leave Thailand somewhere near rayong. They left their wallet at the scene, people in the area saw him there and his DNA evidence has been found with her. Once brought back to the scene, he admitted he did it.
I was told last month that the court case would start on the 25th of August. As such I have planned to take time off work (I work overseas and don't live in Thailand). However, as always seems to happen, I've been told a few days ago that there will be some sort of start to the proceedings tomorrow - the 10th of August. There is no way I will be able to attend.
The girl is without any immediate family. There are distant relatives in Korat, but they are not wealthy enough to travel down. It was my girlfriends and I eventual goal to adopt her and I had been supporting her schooling, medical and paying for someone to take care of her in the mean time. We've had too much going on to have done it sooner and now not doing it will be something I will regret for the rest of my life.
At any rate. I don't know how this whole process will work. I was initially told that this first proceeding is a formality of the police submitting evidence in preparation for the 25th. Then I was told I should get a lawyer to make sure everything goes correctly. But it's too late for me to organise for this first day.
I'm only even mentioning all of the above in the hope that if anyone is in the area and doesn't mind taking the time to attend as some sort of show of support to show the courts that she meant something to someone, I would be grateful. I don't even know if that would mean anything. I will be at work all 10th and uncontactable, but if you happen to go and are able to update me as to what happened, please PM me. Again, so sorry for the late notice - I know its a tall ask. If there's any way of checking the information before going incase I have gotten something wrong, please do so, I don't want to waste anyone's time.
The details are:
Chachoengsao Provincial Court
Sukkasem Road, Na Mueang Subdistrict Mueang Chachoengsao District
Chachoengsao 24000
Courtroom No. 1
10th August
11am start