Murder suspect almost lynched during crime enactment

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Murder suspect almost lynched during crime enactment 

By The Nation

 

 

The stepfather of a 19-year-student who was found naked and murdered in her Bangkok bedroom was almost lynched by angry relatives and neighbours during a crime re-enactment on Saturday morning.

Police had to whisk away Thossapol Promchart, 34, from the original crime scene, a shophouse on Soi Thidthai 22 in Thonburi district where the victim lived, as angry onlookers and the girls’ relatives threatened to attack him.

 

Thossapol was arrested just hours after police were alerted of the death of Thitikarn Ratana-uthai at 10am on Friday.

 

Police checking security-camera footage saw Thossapol leaving the shophouse and went to arrest him at a hotel in Pathumwan district where he works.

 

The girl’s body was found by her boyfriend who lived with her at the house. He had gone to work on a school report with friends that night and returned home at 6am on Friday.

 

Police said that Thossapol told them he was high on crystal meth and beer when he drove a pickup truck from his house in Lat Prao, where he lives with the girl’s mother, to the girl’s house at 1.30am on Friday.

 

He allegedly said he planned to rape her but the girl fought back, and so he strangled her and left the shophouse at 3am to drive back to his house.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30354026

 

 

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[Justgrazing]

Fed's should've looked the other way for 5 minutes .. Let 'em have their fill .. 

[Briggsy]

If the relatives wanted to murder the accused, all it would take would somebody to bring a gun to one of these rather culturally-unique re-enactments. The venting, the 'almost killing' of the suspect, the intervention by often almost a hundred police is some kind of ritual, peculiar to this culture that seems to serve the interests of the stakeholders.

 

For the police, it gets an understandably irate community off their back so they can get back to their normal revenue-raising activities uninterrupted.

 

For the relatives, it provides a target for their ire and some catharsis.

 

For the politicians, it soothes society. The last thing they want is an angry, restless populace.

 

Perhaps when somebody is killed at one of these events, they will end. But I doubt it.

[Chelseafan]

9 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

Fed's should've looked the other way for 5 minutes .. Let 'em have their fill .. 

Yes, mob justice should always come before a court deciding whether the defendant is innocent or guilty.

 

[inThailand]

Police said that Thossapol told them he was high on crystal meth and beer. 

 

Can falangs use that excuse without doubling their jail time?

[monnington]

12 hours ago, Briggsy said:

If the relatives wanted to murder the accused, all it would take would somebody to bring a gun to one of these rather culturally-unique re-enactments. The venting, the 'almost killing' of the suspect, the intervention by often almost a hundred police is some kind of ritual, peculiar to this culture that seems to serve the interests of the stakeholders.

 

For the police, it gets an understandably irate community off their back so they can get back to their normal revenue-raising activities uninterrupted.

 

For the relatives, it provides a target for their ire and some catharsis.

 

For the politicians, it soothes society. The last thing they want is an angry, restless populace.

 

Perhaps when somebody is killed at one of these events, they will end. But I doubt it.

you're right, ive become so used to it after being baffled when i first saw how they re-enact these things and get the accused to point or act out the crime, but its just tempting the already irate family and friends to become more upset and angry. One day something totally avoidable could happen

 

[smedly]

12 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

Fed's should've looked the other way for 5 minutes .. Let 'em have their fill .. 

i'd have had a gun and made sure

[HLover]

9 minutes ago, monnington said:

One day something totally avoidable could happen

Yes, it would be so tragic for the family to elicit revenge on the murdering, raping and thieving primates.  

[monnington]

Just now, HLover said:

Yes, it would be so tragic for the family to elicit revenge on the murdering, raping and thieving primates.  

true actually, didnt think of it like that

 

[Lupatria]

8 hours ago, Chelseafan said:

Yes, mob justice should always come before a court deciding whether the defendant is innocent or guilty.

 

Basically right! On the other hand, maybe it's the many court decisions made in favor of the untouchables, that makes people questioning if there is a fair and equal 'justice system' and thus turn to an alternative.

[RichardColeman]

9 hours ago, Chelseafan said:

Yes, mob justice should always come before a court deciding whether the defendant is innocent or guilty.

 

OK, then lets delay the re-enactment until after the guilty verdict and then turn the other way. seems fair.

[hansnl]

24 minutes ago, Lupatria said:

Basically right! On the other hand, maybe it's the many court decisions made in favor of the untouchables, that makes people questioning if there is a fair and equal 'justice system' and thus turn to an alternative.

The alternative is called mob rule.

[Lupatria]

3 minutes ago, hansnl said:

The alternative is called mob rule.

Maybe that's the real dilemma: Elite rule vs mob rule

[from the home of CC]

RIP - the mother must feel terrible.

[alfalfa19]

sometimes it's better to let nature take its course.

[bbbbooboo]

hmmm......pity

[Sir Dude]

Shocking crime really. Gets high on crystal meth and beer, then suddenly decides to drive over to his step daughter's place and rape her late at night only to end up murdering the girl and then driving back to his place...how did he think this would work out? The mind reasoning processes of some of these animals is just so far out there it's nuts, plus that they think they are special enough to get away with it. What's disturbing is the casual way in which he just got off-his-face high and decided to rape someone says to me that this was not the first time...just that it went bad this time and he killed someone. Also, there it is again, the weak-arsed lame excuse blame attempt from him (because I was high and drunk and she fought back).

 

A death penalty offense really, just can't pull this sort of s#hit and expect to just get 5-10 years. As for the crime reconstruction, well, what were the cops expecting? High time that silly nonsense stopped. We seem to have got used to a steady stream of really despicable extremely violent crimes all the time now. Seems to me that everyone is losing their minds.

[Happy Grumpy]

25 minutes ago, from the home of CC said:

RIP - the mother must feel terrible.

Because of a raped and murdered teenage daughter?

 

 

Yeah, had never thought of it like that.

 

 

 

RIP.

[thaiguzzi]

19 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

he was high on crystal meth and beer

 

19 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

said he planned to rape her but the girl fought back

Not exactly spur of the moment off-your-head-on-drugs decision making then.

But planned prior.

Probably had thought about it for a while, as living with the mother and in contact with the poor girl.

So it's premeditated, hence a death penalty must be handed down in court.

Or he has his throat cut in remand.

RIP to the victim.

 

[UPDEHSOI]

10 hours ago, Chelseafan said:

Yes, mob justice should always come before a court deciding whether the defendant is innocent or guilty.

 

The a**hole already confessed. Good enough for me

[car720]

20 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

he was high on crystal meth and beer when he drove a pickup truck from his house

which is the way that most Thais drive.  

[from the home of CC]

55 minutes ago, Happy Grumpy said:

Because of a raped and murdered teenage daughter?

 

 

Yeah, had never thought of it like that.

 

 

 

RIP.

Because it her husband, kind of doubles the misery don't you think?

[oldrunner]

Not that I'm sympathetic to criminals, but "re-enactment" of an "alleged crime" is a violation of a supposed "innocent's" right to a fair trial.

[nodomino]

Jeez.....call me culturally sensitive (or just whacko) but I find the re-enactments to be enlightening and in some respects entertaining. 

[Jack100]

2 hours ago, nodomino said:

Jeez.....call me culturally sensitive (or just whacko) but I find the re-enactments to be enlightening and in some respects entertaining.

Whacko sounds better Nod .

[Xaos]

A lot of stepfather rape murder cases.

[hotchilli]

One day the grieving relatives might just have their day and kill the perpetrator..

then these charades called "re-enactments will end !!

They serve no purpose whatsoever !!!

[Chelseafan]

9 hours ago, Lupatria said:

Basically right! On the other hand, maybe it's the many court decisions made in favor of the untouchables, that makes people questioning if there is a fair and equal 'justice system' and thus turn to an alternative.

Yep but that argument can be given for any court in any country around the world. There are always going to be injustices, the key is that they are kept to a minimum.

 

[Chelseafan]

7 hours ago, UPDEHSOI said:

The a**hole already confessed. Good enough for me

"Police said that Thossapol told them he was high on crystal meth and beer when he drove a pickup truck from his house in Lat Prao, where he lives with the girl’s mother, to the girl’s house at 1.30am on Friday. 

He allegedly said he planned to rape her but the girl fought back, and so he strangled her and left the shophouse at 3am to drive back to his house."

 

How do you know he confessed ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Henrik Andersen]

On 9/8/2018 at 4:15 PM, Jonathan Fairfield said:

Police said that Thossapol told them he was high on crystal meth

to the drug lovers there always said drugs never kill people this is just another case of your delusional of drugs is harmless 

why your guy's never comment on tread as this?????! 

I hope he get life sentence or better death sentence 

DRUGS KILL....