Cambodian men jailed for raping French tourists at knifepoint on Thai island

[webfact]

Cambodian men jailed for raping French tourists at knifepoint on Thai island

 

FILE PHOTO: A Cambodian fisherman, who is a suspect (C), points during a crime re-enactment at Koh Kood island near Thailand's maritime border with Cambodia, February 29, 2016. REUTERS/Dailynews

 

Five Cambodian men have each been sentenced to 50 years in jail for a brutal attack on a group of foreign tourists on a Thai beach.

 

Two French women were violently assaulted and raped at knife point during the attack which took place on Koh Kood in 2016.

 

All five men were found guilty of rape during the trial on Monday and given the maximum sentence allowed under Thai law. One of the defendants was also convicted of attempted murder.

 

The court heard how the five Cambodian men swam to the beach in Koh Kood, also known as Koh Kut, to carry out the attack on four French tourists.

 

During the attack, two injured male victims escaped to raise the alarm and the attackers were arrested shortly after.

 

The five men confessed to the crime and were set upon by angry locals during a reenactment days after the attack.

 

Thailand remains a popular tourist destination, despite a slew of high-profile crimes against tourists.

 

The government expects more than 35 million people to visit Thailand this year.

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-03-06

[leeneeds]

50 years ! Most people won't be around in 50 years, 

these 5 , certainly will not.

Better to offer them a tablet, save space.

[darksidedog]

I am not going to complain about that. Horrific thing to do and the sentence is well deserved. I hope every one of them dies in there.

[anon789561]

that's a proper sentence

[z42]

Good sentence that is undoubtedly fitting, but where was this judge when the bunch of cop's sons were given less than 20 years apiece for butchering the disabled bread seller in Lat Phrao?

Why the maximum here and not there (rhetorical surely) ?

[BobbyL]

If they were Thai I would expect the sentence to be far more lenient

 

[Crash999]

Good thing there were witnesses who survived otherwise the “it was Thai mafia” brigade would be out in full force. 

[OmarZaid]

Cyanide works wonders

[PEE TEE]

Ask Then now if they think it was worth it . They would better off dead 

[RichardColeman]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Five Cambodian men have each been sentenced to 50 years in jail for a brutal attack on a group of foreign tourists on a Thai beach.

I doubt if they were Thai they would have had such a sentence - well..... unless they were very poor I guess.

[Blackheart1916]

2 hours ago, Happy enough said:

that's a proper sentence

A proper sentence indeed, should be more of it. Shame the Thai justice system isn't so strong against their countrymen who commit similar or worse crimes, but are handled softly due to their, let's say, social standing. I would love to see 50 years for all these types of crimes.

[Blackheart1916]

In my home country of Australia, this would be an 8 to 10 year sentence. Oh to put a zero on the end, I would love the Australian judiciary to take note!

[kcpattaya]

What is your nationality? Cambodian?

50 years.

[off road pat]

2 hours ago, z42 said:

Good sentence that is undoubtedly fitting, but where was this judge when the bunch of cop's sons were given less than 20 years apiece for butchering the disabled bread seller in Lat Phrao?

Why the maximum here and not there (rhetorical surely) ?

We all know why...

[lovelomsak]

2 hours ago, BobbyL said:

If they were Thai I would expect the sentence to be far more lenient

 

maybe would not even make it to court.

[Sapporillo]

I remember reading about this case when it happened, I was thinking about the two guys who were with the women. How would I feel in their shoes? What can you do if you get jumped by five guys, some of them with knives, and then they start raping and beating your wife/gf/daughter while the other guys are beating you up, and you are lucky to escape alive so that you can call for help? But you know that before you can come back to help them, well....it's just a horrible situation. 

[Rimmer]

A couple of troll posts have been removed, also off topic posts hijacking the topic.

 

Please stop hijacking the topic with the Red Bull heir and other stories from past news, the topic here is:

Cambodian men jailed for raping French tourists at knifepoint on Thai island

[sambum]

3 hours ago, BobbyL said:

If they were Thai I would expect the sentence to be far more lenient

 

See Post #5 

[Pattaya28]

Well done the Thai Judicial System.

No pussying around like the UK. 

 

[wealthychef]

4 hours ago, BobbyL said:

If they were Thai I would expect the sentence to be far more lenient

 

Impossible.  Thai people do not commit crimes against tourists.  My first thought when I saw this is that the Cambodians are being framed, but it looks like they caught the right guys this time.  Who knows.  Wouldn't it be nice if you could trust the legal and justice system to do the right thing and the news outlets to report accurately?  

[Baerboxer]

9 minutes ago, sanemax said:

How is one supposed to know what has been written, without first reading it ?

 

Most people can quickly  identify the subject matter and make a rationale decision about whether to continue or not. 

 

But not everyone, that's why I wrote "most people".

[jenny2017]

Thailand remains a popular tourist destination, despite a slew of high-profile crimes against tourists.

 

  How much longer?

[Krataiboy]

4 hours ago, leeneeds said:

50 years ! Most people won't be around in 50 years, 

these 5 , certainly will not.

Better to offer them a tablet, save space.

Well, they are Cambodian. Had they been Thai, I doubt they would have gone down for so long.

[seminomadic]

"two injured male victims escaped to raise the alarm and the attackers were arrested shortly after."

 

Ok, they got the guys who did it.... but it appears the girls got raped before they were apprehended. 

 

In the pic, the cambodian looks like he's maybe 90 pounds soaking wet with boots on. Knife or not, you can't fight off these dudes?

 

I'm not letting anybody rape anybody near me, weapon or no weapon. You'd think over half a century of teasing the French about their backbone might exact some effect...

 

 

[shy coconut]

14 minutes ago, jenny2017 said:

Thailand remains a popular tourist destination, despite a slew of high-profile crimes against tourists.

 

  How much longer?

I would imagine Thailand will be a popular holiday destination for many years to come.

 

Just because you and other posters here have become jaded with the country, for whatever

reasons, the average holiday maker won't check what the good people of thaivisa think

about the state of the nation before booking their trip.

 

The vast majority will come, enjoy and go home without any drama whatsoever.

[metisdead]

Some more off topic trolling posts about the Red Bull case have been removed as well as the replies. 

[Whitestarschool]

27 minutes ago, seminomadic said:

I'm not letting anybody rape anybody near me, weapon or no weapon. You'd think over half a century of teasing the French about their backbone might exact some effect...

 

 

Keyboard Rambo. How many situations like this have you been in? 

Edited March 6, 2018 by Whitestarschool

[chang1]

31 minutes ago, seminomadic said:

"two injured male victims escaped to raise the alarm and the attackers were arrested shortly after."

 

Ok, they got the guys who did it.... but it appears the girls got raped before they were apprehended. 

 

In the pic, the cambodian looks like he's maybe 90 pounds soaking wet with boots on. Knife or not, you can't fight off these dudes?

 

I'm not letting anybody rape anybody near me, weapon or no weapon. You'd think over half a century of teasing the French about their backbone might exact some effect...

 

 

You really think you could fight off 5 armed men by yourself? Fishermen are usually fit and strong so I very much doubt you would last long. Instead of trying to subdue the attackers and risking everyone being killed the French men used their heads and fought their way out to get help which obviously was not too far away.

Edited March 6, 2018 by chang1

[trianglechoke]

3 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

I doubt if they were Thai they would have had such a sentence - well..... unless they were very poor I guess.

or black

[TSF]

Wish you guys would stop say they got 50 years because they were Cambodian, if they were Thai they would have got a lot less....When we all know that no Thai would ever do such a thing.