Drunk driver who killed two given suspended sentence

[Vacuum]

26 minutes ago, dcnx said:

Absolutely shameful. 

 

Tourists spend more time locked up for arriving with too many tourist visas.

Don't forget mushroom plucking, vaping or smoking on the beach...

Edited July 31, 2019 by Vacuum

[madmitch]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Concluding that Somchai’s sentence of Bt100,000 fine and a suspended jail term was a fair one, the court ordered him to report to Probation Department officials a total of eight times, perform 48 hours of community service per year and banned from drinking alcohol. The suspended jail term meants that if, over the next two years, he breached any of the probation’s rules, he would go to jail. 

Banned from drinking alcohol? Interesting one. Does this mean if he gets caught having a sneaky black label at the local restaurant he could end up in jail for two years?

[Sonhia]

Typical Thai mentality!

 

Thailand is about money. Life is cheap!!!

 

I'm so glad I'm leaving for good at the end if this month. 

 

 

 

 

[thaiguzzi]

Lets take another look, OTHER than the Western perpective;

He gets a life sentence.

Or 10 or 20 years in prison.

The kids and family get nothing other than vengeance and have two dead parents.

 

or the Thai perspective.

The family is set up for life financially, and if the funds are spent and invested wisely, the kids should get a high end education.

 

This particular incident, unlike many other hi profile HiSo incidents, the perp was deeply affected by it all and genuinely remorseful. And he never ducked responsibility nor tried to escape the law with high end lawyers.

 

I'm not sticking up for the guy either, he committed a wrong, and he has to pay for it.

Has he paid for it?

I can't answer that.

 

[nong38]

And that is exactly whats wrong with the Justice system here and why people fear any outcome. It seems to depend on who you are and how much you have to the casual observer.

I wish the PM well with his fight against corruption.

[BobBKK]

Drunk killer gets suspended sentence? it's pure coincidence that he's STINKING RICH.

[BobBKK]

9 minutes ago, thaiguzzi said:

Lets take another look, OTHER than the Western perpective;

He gets a life sentence.

Or 10 or 20 years in prison.

The kids and family get nothing other than vengeance and have two dead parents.

 

or the Thai perspective.

The family is set up for life financially, and if the funds are spent and invested wisely, the kids should get a high end education.

 

This particular incident, unlike many other hi profile HiSo incidents, the perp was deeply affected by it all and genuinely remorseful. And he never ducked responsibility nor tried to escape the law with high end lawyers.

 

I'm not sticking up for the guy either, he committed a wrong, and he has to pay for it.

Has he paid for it?

I can't answer that.

 

Let's look at it from the Western perspective?  he gets fined that sets up kids financially AND goes to jail - how's that?

[Tropposurfer]

Manslaughter x 2, drunk driving occasioning bodily harm and a few other charges.  10 years at least. Bloody disgrace. 

[thaiguzzi]

9 minutes ago, BobBKK said:

Let's look at it from the Western perspective?  he gets fined that sets up kids financially AND goes to jail - how's that?

Fined 45 mil?

Or a 100k?

Going to jail still does'nt bring the kid's mum & dad back.

[Paul944]

But did he give 45 million baht or did he promise to give 45 million baht?

[moe666]

What would be better the guy in jail and the family gets nothing. Hell in the states people plead not guilty to these crimes with the intent of dragging it out as long as possible, hoping the arresting officer doesn't show up to give evidence of the arrest. One would need to be futher up the food chain for 45million bhat not to hurt. Just remember boys it is their justice system and they really do not care what you think, sputter and blow all day long the out come is the same and nothing you say will have an affect

[Bluespunk]

The pretence of a legal system in this country is a joke. 

[worgeordie]

One set of laws for us, and another for them,and not only in Thailand.

regards worgeordie

[Chelseafan]

3 hours ago, BobbyL said:

Lucky Somchai. 

 

Disgraceful sentence. 

Lucky Wealthy Somchai

[Inn Between]

3 hours ago, madmitch said:

Banned from drinking alcohol? Interesting one. Does this mean if he gets caught having a sneaky black label at the local restaurant he could end up in jail for two years?

Not likely at all.

 

The horrible Thai "justice" system has proven once again that is there to be bought and used by the rich. He wasn't really punished for his crime of taking someone's life, was he? So, I'd say the odds of of anything happening to him for any breach of the condition of his laughably tiny slap on the wrist sentence are extremely unlikely. 

 

Unfortunately, this kind of stuff makes Thailand and its culture look and smell like the stuff we usually put in toilet bowls. Disgusting, once again. 

 

 

 

Edited July 31, 2019 by Inn Between

[lust]

I wonder what the kids would prefer. 45,000,000 baht, or getting nothing and seeing some guy spend his remaining years locked away in a prison. As tragic as it is, the parents are dead. Neither outcome brings them back. At least with the money, they will have their futures sorted out if it’s properly managed.

[Fred white]

4 hours ago, Vacuum said:

Well, "Bt45 million to Jatuporn’s two daughters" and how much was paid to the Judicical System we don't know.

But there is no corruption

[Fred white]

3 hours ago, BobBKK said:

Let's look at it from the Western perspective?  he gets fined that sets up kids financially AND goes to jail - how's that?

Add the civil lawsuits and the kids would have plenty unless their gardians squander it away before they turn 18

[Inn Between]

3 minutes ago, Fred white said:

Add the civil lawsuits and the kids would have plenty unless their gardians squander it away before they turn 18

Exactly. That's what civil lawsuits are there for in Western justice systems. The offender is sentenced an appropriate amount of time by one court, and then the affected have their chance to seeks fair compensation in another. 

 

It seems a lot of people posting, who I assume have come from Western countries, seem to have been here so long that they've been bamboozled into buying into a corrupt system. 

[Inn Between]

3 hours ago, nong38 said:

I wish the PM well with his fight against corruption.

As likely to win that one as the DEA and US gov't with their "War on Drugs".  Not a chance!

[Andrew Dwyer]

As much as most of us feel that he literally got away with murder the Thai media are painting a different story !!

On two different tv channels they have shown the two young daughters of the deceased smiling and hugging the driver.

Like it or not this is how the judicial system works here, money talks !!

The story now is how the wealthy Thai businessman has set up two young girls for life with an incredible donation !!

The initial story of a drunk driver killing two innocent victims is long forgotten !!

[annabel]

9 hours ago, PatOngo said:

Well done! This will certainly enhance the much protected "Image of Thailand" ????

And will all our outrage and comments change anything here in these sad situations of rich drunken drivers killing people and getting off with it ??? Thailand has no shame at all at letting this happen over and over again... AMAZING TIT

[Inn Between]

57 minutes ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

As much as most of us feel that he literally got away with murder the Thai media are painting a different story !!

On two different tv channels they have shown the two young daughters of the deceased smiling and hugging the driver.

Like it or not this is how the judicial system works here, money talks !!

The story now is how the wealthy Thai businessman has set up two young girls for life with an incredible donation !!

The initial story of a drunk driver killing two innocent victims is long forgotten !!

When is the parade in his honour? 

 

A true hero to the people, Thai style. 

 

Thailand -- always amazing but for so many wrong reasons. 

[jlwilliamsjr18]

[smew]

Unbelievable, yet s guy hits a dog and is denied bail and now in jail for +-6 months awaiting trial. What kind of society is it?

[dinsdale]

Sickening. It just shows the double legal system here. The rich can kill people. It's ok. Just pay lots of money and you won't go to jail. Disgust in an absolute understatement.

[Rhys]

...just another example of the hiso and baht buying a way out of responsibility... 

Remember Paew killing 8 people on the freeway and basically getting off with just , my ben rye.

 

 

[legend49]

There is no rule of law here in Thailand; just money speaks. I hope Karma comes to him very soon.

[BobBKK]

14 hours ago, thaiguzzi said:

Fined 45 mil?

Or a 100k?

Going to jail still does'nt bring the kid's mum & dad back.

When you shoot someone and go to jail it doesnt bring them back either. Going by that logic why jail anyone?

[Assurancetourix]

17 hours ago, PJPom said:

he stayed at the scene and fully admitted his guilt,

round like a shovel tail, drunk as a lord, unable to put one foot in front of the other ..
of course he stayed there ..

 

Why be surprised at this multi-speed "justice", a few years in jail for mushroom pickers and almost nothing for a dead drunk HiSo who kills a senior police officer.
I do not understand why the hierarchy of the police does not appeal this infantile decision.