Manhunt on for Thailand’s “Jack the Ripper” after fresh murder in Khon Kaen

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Manhunt on for Thailand’s “Jack the Ripper” after fresh murder in Khon Kaen

 

 

A police manhunt is underway for Thailand’s “Jack the Ripper”, a serial killer previously convicted of 17 rapes, murders and robberies, who allegedly killed a hotel maid on December 15th in the north-eastern province of Khon Kaen. The suspect had been released from prison in May this year after serving 14 years.

 

Corrections Department director-general Pol Col Narat Sawetnanan today (Monday) admitted that the early release of the convicted serial killer, Nakhon Si Thammarat native Somkid Poompuang, on May 17th was due to an error in the screening process aimed at reducing time inside for prisoners deemed to have been well-behaved.

 

He promised to revamp the process and pledged to cooperate fully with the police in tracking down Somkid and bringing him to justice.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/manhunt-on-for-thailands-jack-the-ripper-after-fresh-murder-in-khon-kaen/

 

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[Chazar]

i fail to understand people  who object to the death sentence, its  clear this  person will never  change.

[ukrules]

You would think this guy will be locked up in a special unit for the psychos, not just lumped in with the rest of them.

[z42]

14 years served for 5 murders, disgraceful.. The last person they executed here was done for killing 1, and there were serious questions about the evidence.

With the idiot in this case, what kind of people would even consider him as being eligible for sentence reductions considering his repeated patterns of offending. 

A truly abhorrent ruling, and another innocent lady has likely lost her life because of outright negligence and stupidity by the authorities ????

[Jimbo2014]

2 hours ago, z42 said:

14 years served for 5 murders, disgraceful.. The last person they executed here was done for killing 1, and there were serious questions about the evidence.

With the idiot in this case, what kind of people would even consider him as being eligible for sentence reductions considering his repeated patterns of offending. 

A truly abhorrent ruling, and another innocent lady has likely lost her life because of outright negligence and stupidity by the authorities ????

about half what someone gets for having a bag of happy pills or writing something the government doesn't agree with.  Crazy hey.

[newatthis]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

He promised to revamp the process and pledged to cooperate fully with the police in tracking down Somkid and bringing him to justice.

Bit late for the maid, 

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Corrections Department director-general Pol Col Narat Sawetnanan today (Monday) admitted that the early release of the convicted serial killer, Nakhon Si Thammarat native Somkid Poompuang, on May 17th was due to an error in the screening process

How embarrassing!

[Jane Dough]

Blimey! If Narat doesn't resign he should be removed forthwith. 

 

If he was Japanese he would top himself before sundown. 

 

Rooster

[Xaos]

14 years for serial killer what a failure. 

[Kulex]

Here I fully appreciate the death sentence. These people are a threat that cannot be controlled. 

[NanLaew]

3 hours ago, hotchilli said:

8 hours ago, webfact said:

Corrections Department director-general Pol Col Narat Sawetnanan today (Monday) admitted that the early release of the convicted serial killer, Nakhon Si Thammarat native Somkid Poompuang, on May 17th was due to an error in the screening process

How embarrassing!

 

Almost as embarrassing as it was for Keir Starmer MP, who was Director of Prosecutions at the UK's Crown Prosecution Service back in 2008 when the latest London Bridge stabber apparently got on the fast-track to early release due to some alleged screening oversight.

[Mac98]

In California a man got a 3-strikes life sentence for taking a piece of pizza off a man's plate on a pier. Around the same time a man picked up a hitchhiking 15-year-old girl, raped her, chopped off both arms at the elbow, and threw her out of his van on a remote stretch of road. He got 15 years, was released, moved to Florida and racked up more victims. If you want justice, don't look to the law.

[NanLaew]

7 minutes ago, Mac98 said:

In California a man got a 3-strikes life sentence for taking a piece of pizza off a man's plate on a pier. Around the same time a man picked up a hitchhiking 15-year-old girl, raped her, chopped off both arms at the elbow, and threw her out of his van on a remote stretch of road. He got 15 years, was released, moved to Florida and racked up more victims. If you want justice, don't look to the law.

Citations please.

 

Thanks.

[ericnoodeeka]

2 hours ago, NanLaew said:

 

Almost as embarrassing as it was for Keir Starmer MP, who was Director of Prosecutions at the UK's Crown Prosecution Service back in 2008 when the latest London Bridge stabber apparently got on the fast-track to early release due to some alleged screening oversight.

nothing to do with him, labor changed the law so that all prisoners automatically only serve half their sentence, even terrorists, the conservatives changed that law in 2012, but because the stabber was convicted before  2012, it did not apply to him

 

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Nong Khai authorities search for serial killer along Thai-Laos border

By THE NATION

 

Somkid Pumpuang (file photo)

 

Nong Khai Customs Department officials and the Immigration Department have beefed up security along the border with Laos, inspecting both pedestrians and vehicles for signs of Somkid Pumpuang, dubbed as Thailand’s Jack the Ripper, who is the prime suspect in the murder of a 51-year-old woman at a Khon Kaen residence on Sunday.

 

Since early Tuesday morning (December 17), officials have been checking all vehicles, both bearing Thai and Laos licence plates, heading to Laos via border checkpoints. The Immigration Department has posted pictures of the suspect at all checkpoints and on bulletin boards near the border, and has also dispatched undercover officers to search border areas and nearby boat piers in case the suspect surfaces.

 

 

Earlier, a witness claimed to have seen a man fitting Somkid’s description disguised as a monk in Kumphawapi district in Udon Thani, and police assumed that he might have fled to adjacent Nong Khai in an attempt to cross the border to Laos.

 

Somkid was originally given the death sentence for murdering five people, but this was later commuted to life in prison. He was jailed on June 29, 2005, and served just under 14 years before being released on May 27 this year for good behaviour.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30379540

 

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[bluesofa]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Nong Khai Customs Department officials and the Immigration Department have beefed up security along the border with Laos, inspecting both pedestrians and vehicles

It's one thing 'beefing up security' on the official border crossing, but as the river is very porous regarding crossing from one side to the other undetected, I can't imagine beefing up the bridge will have any real effect.

[MeePeeMai]

6 hours ago, Xaos said:

14 years for serial killer what a failure. 

I know, there are drug mules here doing life (when they didn't even know what they were carrying).  What a disgrace.

[hotchilli]

The death penalty, reduced to life then let out after 14 years.

A serious blunder by the penal system... and now guilty of an alleged murder again!

Someone should be responsible for this?

[ThomasThBKK]

On 12/17/2019 at 4:05 AM, Chazar said:

i fail to understand people  who object to the death sentence, its  clear this  person will never  change.

 

It's not about that. Enough people are in jail innocent, innocent people would get killed that way. Now at least they have a chance to proof they are innocent and go free again, happens often enough: https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/policy-issues/innocence/description-of-innocence-cases

 

We aren't animals... prisons aren't meant to torture anyone, they are to protect the public. Just lock him away forever...

[NCC1701A]

On 12/17/2019 at 3:50 AM, webfact said:

He promised to revamp the process and pledged to cooperate fully with the police in tracking down Somkid and bringing him to justice.

and some flowers and a basket of goodies for the victims family.

[webfact]

UPDATE:

 

Police arrest serial killer dubbed Thailand’s Jack The Ripper

 

Picture: Siamchon News

 

Somkid Pumpuang, the serial killer dubbed ‘Thailand’s Jack The Ripper’ was arrested at 10.30am on Wednesday morning, Thai media reported.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1139299-police-arrest-serial-killer-dubbed-thailand’s-jack-the-ripper/

[Mac98]

On 12/16/2019 at 10:41 PM, NanLaew said:

Citations please.

 

Thanks.

Look up Lawrence Singleton or Mary Vincent.