Thai woman gets 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to her role in planning husband's murder

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McKinney woman gets 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to her role in planning husband's murder

By Sarah Sarder

 

Chansamorn Pokai was scheduled to go to trial in July. Her boyfriend, Stephen Brockway, and their hired gunman, Ronald Rosser, have already been sentenced.

 

Chansamorn Pokai (left) received 40 years in prison for her role in the murder of her husband, Richard Moore. She and her boyfriend, Stephen Brockway (center), hired Ronald Rosser (right) to kill Moore. Brockway got 28 years in prison and Rosser life in prison for the February 2015 slaying.

 

Less than a week after her boyfriend turned on her in court, a McKinney woman on Monday admitted she'd murdered her husband.

 

The guilty plea concludes a four-year saga that landed one person in prison for life and got her and one other person long prison sentences for carrying out the murder-for-hire plot.

 

Chansamorn Pokai, 37, pleaded guilty to murder and received a 40-year prison sentence, court records show. Her trial was scheduled to take place later this month, when her boyfriend, Stephen Brockway, was expected to take the stand and reveal her role in the scheme.

 

Brockway, 35, pleaded guilty to the same charge last Thursday, but he took a deal for a shorter sentence— 28 years in prison, in exchange for his full cooperation and testimony in Pokai's trial if called on.

 

The two drew up a plan for the February 2015 slaying of Richard Moore, 66, who was Pokai's husband and at one point was Brockway's best friend. Pokai and Brockway were in the midst of an affair when they decided to murder Moore.

 

They hired Ronald Rosser, 55, of Longview who shot Moore multiple times as the man stepped out of the shower at his McKinney home.

Rosser was convicted of capital murder in March, drawing an automatic sentence of life in prison without parole. He has since appealed.

 

Full story: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/courts/2019/07/03/mckinney-woman-gets-40-years-in-prison-after-pleading-guilty-to-her-role-in-planning-husband-s-murder/

 

-- The Dallas Morning News 2019-10-07

 

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Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/809463-a-thai-woman-arrested-in-texas-for-murder-for-hire-hit-in-texas/

 

 

[thequietman]

She looks Burmese. :)

[Rimmer]

A couple of posts pointing out a date mistake have been removed

[exparte]

The victim, Richard Moore, was one of my closest friends. I was there the day he met his future wife at one the Go Go's on Soi Cowboy. I warned him many times about her as she was somewhat of a strange to me. One day, I went to his Condo for some beers and he pulled out a marriage certificate and said; "I did not invite you to the weeding, because I know you would not approve". It has taken 4 years for this to run through the courts; and I am happy justice was served. However, I feel sad for his young daughter he had with her. The other daughter he adopted (that was hers from a Thai Marriage); and his two other adult daughters.I sure do miss him and his English Sense of humor.

[exparte]

4 hours ago, thequietman said:

She looks Burmese. ????

She was from Kalasin.

[madmen]

6 minutes ago, exparte said:

was there the day he met his future wife at one the Go Go's on Soi Cowboy.

That thing worked in soi cowboy? I wouldn't pay her to cut my toenails

[tifino]

2 minutes ago, madmen said:

That thing worked in soi cowboy? I wouldn't pay her to cut my toenails

she was only needed there, to clean the pipes

[RichardColeman]

Note to self : Always eat the wife's cooking

[olfu]

43 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

Note to self : Always eat the wife's cooking

not bad for a sense of humor but, seriously, couples should start making prenuptual agreements.

[YTP]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

 

Chansamorn Pokai (left) received 40 years in prison for her role in the murder of her husband, Richard Moore. She and her boyfriend, Stephen Brockway (center), hired Ronald Rosser (right) to kill Moore.

Rosser's mug... guy looks like an assassin straight out of a mafia movie.

[pegman]

Jai dum!

[MRDave]

I hope they enjoy the fish head soup. I hear it is fantastic.

[White Christmas13]

5 hours ago, madmen said:

That thing worked in soi cowboy? I wouldn't pay her to cut my toenails

Only if you have an ingrown one

[ChrisY1]

11 hours ago, olfu said:

not bad for a sense of humor but, seriously, couples should start making prenuptual agreements.

Not much good once you're killed!

[SweatySock]

Glad to see some justice for my old friend. Immaterial how many years they serve, it will never bring him back. At least they will have plenty of time to reflect on how they robbed 4 children of a loving father.

[justin case]

how much would she get if done in thailand?  just another accidental death , balcony trip

[Baerboxer]

10 hours ago, MRDave said:

I hope they enjoy the fish head soup. I hear it is fantastic.

 

Why, do they serve that in Texas prisons then?

[Bruntoid]

It looks like the three of them have just stepped out of a spa ????

[wolf81]

15 hours ago, olfu said:

not bad for a sense of humor but, seriously, couples should start making prenuptual agreements.

Just not get married at all. And certainly don't be more valuable dead than alive. 

[tifino]

15 hours ago, YTP said:

22 hours ago, webfact said:

 

Chansamorn Pokai (left) received 40 years in prison for her role in the murder of her husband, Richard Moore. She and her boyfriend, Stephen Brockway (center), hired Ronald Rosser (right) to kill Moore.

Rosser's mug... guy looks like an assassin straight out of a mafia movie.

 

there's this subliminal feeling, ignoring the one eye, that those two dudes show enough common characteristics (in the mugshots) to possibly be somehow related? 

[Tropposurfer]

What a pack of tip rats... thrown they keys away