Bob A Kneale

9 hours ago, Yinn said:

Sorry Lomsak, I forgot the TVF narrative. 

 

My point is rich people in the world same. 

 

IMO Epstein worse. Have intention to rape. Boss was accident. 

 

And many Amerika topics on TVF. 

Good for you, Yinn.

9 hours ago, luckyluke said:

Yinn, what don't you understand in post 97? 

There is a poster here accusing me of committing injustice. 

I can not let that go. 

Don't worry about it, you're anonymous, no one knows you or cares whether you are accused of committing injustice (whatever "committing injustice" is)

5 minutes ago, rkidlad said:

21 minutes ago, Bob A Kneale said:

Because the police had the been pressured to, and did, press charges.

What? You said paying off family members for this kind of thing is the legal and common. How is that true if police were pressured to press charges? 
 

Pressured by who? 

Yes, paying compensation to injured parties is common and legal here.  In cases such as those the victims family may decide that they do not want the accused charges and the case can be closed.

The police were pressured by public opinion, I believe, I think it was reported once or twice.

2 minutes ago, GAZZPA said:

54 minutes ago, Bob A Kneale said:

No, he didn't, he wasn't charged with murder because, regardless of how you and so many Thaivisa posters choose to look at it, he didn't murder the officer.

the guy got pi**ed up, stoned and drove his ferrari like a looney hitting a policeman and dragging him to his death... dont get hung up on nonsense he is guilty of killing a policeman, full stop.. that policeman was somebodies son or father for goodness sake. the red bull loser should be facing justice. don't defend it for goodness sake. 

You're quite right, sort of, he was charged with reckless driving causing death.  He was not found guilty of anything.

The officer wasn't a father, "for goodness sake", he was single and I am not defending him, I'm simply commenting rationally and objectively.  You may not like that but that is your problem, not mine.

4 minutes ago, transam said:

8 minutes ago, Bob A Kneale said:

The family weren't pressing charges, the police were doing that.  Part of the compensation deal was that the family would not proceed with charges against him so there'd be no reason for them to have been offered anything extra.

So why drop the charges after 8 years, why not back then...?

As I said in the comment that you quoted here, after the relatives agreed to the compensation terms, i.e. they would not press charges, the police were then under pressure to charge him, regardless.

9 hours ago, LomSak27 said:

Yinn this is a Thailand news web forum, about Thailand. If you want to talk about Amerika, many places on the WW web to find them.

It's up to you what members post here, now, is it?  Geez...

9 hours ago, Don Mega said:

Impressive list, My guess is nobody involved in any of that have even heard of Khun Boss.

Or care what he does.

2 minutes ago, transam said:

7 minutes ago, Bob A Kneale said:

There was no murder in this case.

Manslaughter by dangerous driving. He skipped the country because he knew he could get sent down. 

Of course, he did, I haven't disputed that but reckless driving causing death was the charge he faced.

1 minute ago, transam said:

But the law has been shown to not work for the cop. Plus the "family" would have had a payout anyway, looks like after 8 years the family were offered another windfall to drop charges, but the driver did something where charges cannot be dropped. Dangerous driving.

The family weren't pressing charges, the police were doing that.  Part of the compensation deal was that the family would not proceed with charges against him so there'd be no reason for them to have been offered anything extra.

9 minutes ago, rkidlad said:

Also, if the legal and common way is to merely compensate a family for killing one of their members, then why run away? 

Because the police had the been pressured to, and did, press charges.

9 hours ago, blacksuitdandruff said:

This form of backroom dealings and getting away with murder happens in every society and country. 

There was no murder in this case.

9 hours ago, luckyluke said:

According to BBC News Asia :

 

The relatives of Sergeant-Major Wichian have said little about the case. As usually happens in these situations, the Yoovidhya family have paid them a large sum of money, around $100,000.

In return they have agreed not to press charges themselves.

That is very old news, that compensation was paid years ago!

9 hours ago, soalbundy said:

13 hours ago, PoodThaiMaiDai said:

I am sure they received a payout to keep them quiet.

It was offered but his widow refused it, she should have taken it and hired a hitman because that would be the only way she would get any justice.

He was a single man, there was no widow!  The relatives accepted the offered compensation.

9 hours ago, Don Mega said:

He'd being flying in and out when ever he please already

Really?

9 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

Well it is a leading story on BBC and CNN this morning. 

Well, it is a story on BBC and CNN this morning.

10 minutes ago, sambum said:

20 minutes ago, Bob A Kneale said:

Click on the 'return' arrow/icon, top right on the post that you commented on, it'll take you back to the relevant post of mine.

All I can see on the top right is the post number, report post, and share - no return/icon arrow - why don't you just tell me the post number you are referring to?

375.

At the top right of every quoted post is an arrow!

2 minutes ago, rkidlad said:

It's just in this post you seemed to have taken real umbrage with people calling it murder. Not sure that's what I'd be focusing on when talking about a man who committed vehicular manslaughter, ran off evading justice and then paid his way out and got off scot-free. 

 

As you said, calling it murder is the real farce. But is it really the real farce in this whole affair? Seems like a gross exaggeration to exonerate him.  

"It's just in this post you seemed to have taken real umbrage with people calling it murder".

Why not?  He didn't murder anyone.

"...talking about a man who committed vehicular manslaughter, ran off evading justice and then paid his way out and got off scot-free". 

You mean "paid his way out" by compensating the family, the legal and common way that things work here?  In the Thai legal system, what's wrong with that?

1 minute ago, sambum said:

I would really like to know which comment you are responding to - you made at least half a dozen posts on the previous page alone!

I've already told you how to find it, read the post a few above this!...

"Click on the 'return' arrow/icon, top right on the post that you commented on, it'll take you back to the relevant post of mine".

I can't make it any clearer than that.

9 hours ago, jonclark said:

So he didn't murder a policeman then?

No, he didn't, he wasn't charged with murder because, regardless of how you and so many Thaivisa posters choose to look at it, he didn't murder the officer.

11 minutes ago, sambum said:

Which was? You've made that many!

Click on the 'return' arrow/icon, top right on the post that you commented on, it'll take you back to the relevant post of mine.

12 minutes ago, rkidlad said:

So what are you suggesting? 

I wasn't suggesting anything, I was responding to a member's post.

13 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

28 minutes ago, Bob A Kneale said:

The family received millions of baht years ago, shortly after the accident and agreed not to pursue charges against him

3 million Baht is hardly a king ransom as far as I am aware thats all they got

I don't believe that they were asking for a king's ransom and B3m for relatives (there was no wife or children to support) is not bad for Thailand which is the context in which Thai compensation has to be considered .

6 minutes ago, rkidlad said:

"was".

 

People can't run away from their charges. That's a crime in itself. 

I agree with that, I didn't suggest that he was justified in his actions.

6 minutes ago, sambum said:

19 minutes ago, Bob A Kneale said:

The relatives of the deceased were well-compensated and agreed at the time that they would not press charges against Vorayuth.

That's not the point! The point is that he broke the law, and should be punished for it by the legal system, regardless of how much the relatives of the deceased were paid.

It sure was the point in the context that my comment was made.  Read the comment that I responded to.

1 minute ago, rkidlad said:

5 minutes ago, Bob A Kneale said:

What is a real farce is the number of people who claim that he murdered the officer.

No, it was vehicular manslaughter.

His one remaining charge was reckless driving causing death.