Good Samaritan becomes victim as couple with sick baby steal her car while getting a ride

By The Nation

 

 

A couple with a sick baby staged a carjacking in Khon Kaen province while getting a lift from a good Samaritan on Tuesday.

 

Rattana Sriwicha, 39, said the couple had approached her in front of a convenience store at a petrol station. 

 

 

“They offered Bt500 for a lift to a bus station. But I assured them that I would give them a free ride,” Rattana said. “I could not have imagined that they would turn into robbers.”

 

Soon after driving out of the petrol station, she said the man – identified later as “Pek” – had pressed a gun against her. 

 

“I was trying to reach my cell phone but his wife then threatened to let Pek stab me with a knife, so I had to quickly get out of the car,” the good Samaritan-turned victim said. 

 

The man then drove the car into nearby Maha Sarakham province. 

 

Chased by police, he and his family fled the vehicle and went into hiding in the forest at the back of a hotel.

 

Maha Sarakham police chief Pol Maj-General Apisak Dechacumpoo and deputy police chief Pol Lt-Colonel Ittipol Suwanwattana then led a team in surrounding the forest zone and negotiating with the carjackers. 

 

After a four-hour stand-ff, Apisak managed to persuade Pek to surrender, after assuring him that no one would harm him, his wife or his child. 

 

The police chief also stressed to him that his baby was very ill and should have not remained in the forest. 

 

 

After Pek gave up his gun and surrendered, an ambulance immediately took his wife and baby to Maha Sarakham Hospital. 

 

An informed source said Pek’s child had serious health conditions. 

 

As of press time, Pek was in police detention.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30346049

 

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shameful and unscrupulous!  

Thanks to such criminals and idiots, people won't help others any more.

Major excitement at our local petrol station, caued quite a stir.

Wife/ family/neighbours are getting very agitated about something like this happening here.

Now the wife will have to change where she fills up, as she is scared of it happening again.

Edited May 22, 20188 yr by colinneil

21 minutes ago, Hong Bong Dynasty said:

shameful and unscrupulous!  

I would say shameless with criminal intent.

 

“I was trying to reach my cell phone but his wife then threatened to let Pek stab me with a knife, so I had to quickly get out of the car,” the good Samaritan-turned victim said. 

 

Why was the female co-conspirator/perpetrator let go?

 

She should be banged up as well. 

 

All the best to the child/pawn/money earner in this unsavoury scam. 

All sounds a bit odd to me.

 

How did the police manage to arrive at the scene so quickly? The baby was very sick, I wonder if the parents contributed to baby`s condition? Otherwise why steal the car and not ask the lady to take them directly to a hospital?

 

 

8 hours ago, Hong Bong Dynasty said:

shameful and unscrupulous!  

Harsh words to use about Thai citizens. 

But it does have a bit of a ring to it. 

Edited May 22, 20188 yr by stanleycoin

At the end of the day his child was in fact very sick. 

The lengths a parent will go to, to help their child are boundless. 

and the ''car jacking ''arrives in Thailand,soon to be followed by the ''home invasion''..

2 hours ago, cyberfarang said:

All sounds a bit odd to me.

 

How did the police manage to arrive at the scene so quickly? The baby was very sick, I wonder if the parents contributed to baby`s condition? Otherwise why steal the car and not ask the lady to take them directly to a hospital?

 

 

How did police arrive so quickly, they didnt, the car was driven nearly 70 kilometers after the hi-jacking.

The incident started at petrol station 2 kilometers north of Banpahi then they drove to Marhasarakam which is 70 kilometers away.

Edited May 22, 20188 yr by colinneil

2 hours ago, greenchair said:

At the end of the day his child was in fact very sick. 

The lengths a parent will go to, to help their child are boundless. 

 

I am not buying that. These lengths didn’t include simply going to the local hospital or clinic but rather robbing at gunpoint, threatening stabbing and driving into the next province, where they were so concerned with the child’s welfare they then hid out in the jungle for 4 hours....

Up tomorrow, the baby will be suffering from Yaba side effects.

Let no good deed go unpunished!  ?

3 hours ago, connda said:

Let no good deed go unpunished!  ?

Amen!