webfact Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Ex-lawyer’s girlfriend gets jail for swindling road accident victims By Kesinee Tangkhieo The Nation Pattarada “Beam” Kaewpong THE CRIMINAL Court has sentenced the girlfriend of an unethical ex-lawyer to jail for helping him swindle road-accident victims out of more than Bt4 million in compensation. Pornpawee Chukaew was slapped with a term of three years and four months and also ordered to pay about Bt2.3 million in compensation to victims – Porntip Chantharat and her wheelchair-bound daughter, Pattarada “Beam” Kaewpong. “The court delivered this verdict on Wednesday. Now, we are waiting to see if the convict will appeal,” the Lawyers Council of Thailand’s spokesman Sombat Wongkamhaeng said yesterday. An appeal, if any, must be filed within 30 days after the court ruling. Pornpawee’s boyfriend, Pisit Sammalert, did not appeal when the court handed down a guilty verdict and a six-year jail term last year. The pair were brought to justice after the council stepped in to help Porntip, who had publicly lamented that Pisit took most of the Bt5 million compensation a private company had offered to her family for the accident. She lost her husband in the incident and she and her daughter were seriously injured. The daughter has been wheelchair-bound since the accident. Porntip initially let Pisit represent her in dealing with the firm, because she believed his claim that he genuinely wished to help her family. Later, Pornpawee showed up pretending to be the company’s representative and talked Porntip into accepting just Bt1 million in compensation. Pornpawee had claimed the company was facing cash-flow problems and got the victim to sign a paper agreeing not to sue the company. After that, Pisit gave Porntip just Bt285,000 and disappeared. Pisit pleaded guilty in court last year, and has been disbarred by the Lawyers Council of Thailand. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30352830 -- © Copyright The Nation 2018-08-24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samui Bodoh Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Scum. Pure scum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 So now, people have to not only worry of a 'unethical' to say the least, shonky lawyers, their girlfriend getting into the act of bilking people now..Nice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james.d Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Despicable actions.. planning together over a period of time to scam the victim and her daughter. A horrible, horrible pair of adults. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mok199 Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Khun Parasite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazySlipper Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 I sincerely don't understand that they were swindled out of 5 million bht but only have to pay back 2.3. Commandeer all of the guilty's wealth and when they get out of jail turn them into full time valet's is the punishment they deserve! Thai justice really sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 A pair of small breasted water monitors to be sure ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmartyMarty Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 Thainess. We see it more often, every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramrod711 Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 How low can you go, lower and lower it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 Thai lawyers giving Thai police and Thai politicians a run for their money in the competition for bringing Thailand into disrepute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy chappie Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 The greed of a Thai.if they would of paid the million baht they might of got away with it but oh no they wanted more than the lions share.good to see justic done for once.in fact I'm amazed at it and hope they get the money soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james.d Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 51 minutes ago, LazySlipper said: I sincerely don't understand that they were swindled out of 5 million bht but only have to pay back 2.3. I think only Pornpawee is liable for 2.3 MTHB, hopefully the lawyer was ordered to repay the outstanding amount.. plus interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanleycoin Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 an unethical ex-lawyer. Say it an't so, there must be some law about calling a lawyer this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadbury Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 Well that's put swindling and cheating lawyers on notice; too easy. Now they can tackle the much more difficult task of recovering money from the tens of thousands of swindling and cheating civil servants. Like those who have stolen funds from the destitute and poor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Lawrence Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 A real a-hole. The Thai justice system still amazes me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobber Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 UTTER S41T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Weird Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 3 hours ago, SmartyMarty said: Thainess. We see it more often, every day. Nonsense, we do not see this sort of thing every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Weird Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 3 hours ago, mikebell said: Thai lawyers giving Thai police and Thai politicians a run for their money in the competition for bringing Thailand into disrepute. One Thai lawyer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Weird Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 39 minutes ago, Chris Lawrence said: A real a-hole. The Thai justice system still amazes me. What is so amazing to you about a lawyer and his accomplice being jailed, the lawyer also being banned and both given multi-million baht compensation orders? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 A post containing vulgar language has been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrunner Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 Hope the Courts apply the most severe punishment allowed by law on both the lawyer and his consort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 6 hours ago, ramrod711 said: How low can you go, lower and lower it seems. Thainess seems to know no limits when going low... they have a penchant for it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabothai Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 3 hours ago, Just Weird said: Nonsense, we do not see this sort of thing every day. That you (we?) don't see it does not mean it isn't there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramrod711 Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 59 minutes ago, hotchilli said: Thainess seems to know no limits when going low... they have a penchant for it! Not just Thais, there is a reason that there are so many lawyer jokes. What do you call a lawyer at the bottom of the ocean? A good start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myran Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 Disgusting, vile vermin. They should be given life in prison for a crime as thought-out as this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tchooptip Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 While knowing all this time the poor little girl was in a wheelchair! Disgusting people have no limit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil B Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 8 hours ago, SmartyMarty said: Thainess. We see it more often, every day. Nothing to do with general Thai ethics, you get crocks like them in most countries including the UK and America. They are Scumbags who do not reflect the general population of Thailand. Nice to see justice working and reported, sorry to say I doubt the victims will ever see another Baht of their rightful compensation. Or maybe the Lawyers Council will step in and compensate??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil B Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 3 hours ago, oldrunner said: Hope the Courts apply the most severe punishment allowed by law on both the lawyer and his consort. If you were to read the OP she as an accomplice got 3 years 4 months and he got 6 years and disbarred. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Weird Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 6 hours ago, wabothai said: That you (we?) don't see it does not mean it isn't there. Doesn't mean that it is there either, in fact it's less likely to have happened if it wasn't reported. But, more to the point, whether these things happen or not my comment that we do not see this kind of thing every day is correct. We don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargeezr Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 Are lawyers popular in jail, or do they get pounded on? Beat, beat fellow criminals.. Hope the girlfriend also get a hard sentence in jail as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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