Actress 'Amy' handed 33-year jail sentence for drug trafficking

By THE NATION

 

File photo: Actress Amelia Jacobs and her boyfriend Poonyawat Hirantecha watch as police search their Bangkok home.

 

Absconding Thai-Dutch actress Amelia “Amy” Jacobs, a former Miss Teen Thailand, was sentenced to 33 years and four months in prison in a drug case by the Min Buri Provincial Court on Thursday (August 20), Pol General Krisana Pattanacharoen, deputy spokesman of the Royal Thai Police, said on Friday (August 21).

 

 

Amelia and her boyfriend, pub manager Poonyawat Hirantecha, 41, were arrested on September 19, 2017 at a house in Bangkok’s Sai Mai district where police seized 70 grams of crystal methamphetamine, 16 ecstasy pills and a weighing scale.

 

On August 28, 2018 the actress was acquitted of trafficking in drugs, but her boyfriend was sentenced to 25 years and four months in prison and Bt750,000 fine. The judge at Min Buri Provincial Court then had found 29-year-old Amelia guilty of illicit drug use and handed her a three-month suspended jail term. She was also ordered into a rehabilitation programme.

 

However, on Thursday the court found her guilty of possessing drugs for sale, and amended her sentence to 33 years and four months and Bt666,666 fine. The court issued a warant for her arrest. Her offence has a statute of limitations of 30 years.

 

“Preliminary investigation revealed that Amelia had fled the country via Suvarnabhumi Airport on August 22, 2019 on flight EK 0385 heading to Dubai,” said Krisana. “The immigration officials did not detain her since at the time no arrest warrant had been issued. There is no record of her returning to Thailand.”

 

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2 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

The court issued a warant for her arrest.

Pretty useless those warrants, if the person has any wealth.

Silly girl. Should have killed a cop in a Ferrari whilst high on cocaine.

 

You dont have to do a single day for that.

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Amelia had fled the country via Suvarnabhumi Airport on August 22, 2019 on flight EK 0385 heading to Dubai

 

There must be a nice little Thai community in Dubai by now.

Wow.

 

Can one suppose an envelope did not reach the proper judge?

Thai/Dutch actress Amelia "Amy" Jacobs handed life sentence for drugs in absentia

 

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A former Miss Teen Thailand of Thai and Dutch parentage has been sentenced to life in prison by the appeal court.

 

Amelia "Amy" Jacobs, 30, originally from Phuket was not in court and is believed to have fled abroad. 

 

Amy originally escaped jail a couple of years ago when she received a 5,000 baht fine for drug taking and a three month prison sentence suspended for two years.

 

She was supposed to attend probation meetings and prove she was clean of drugs.

 

Now the appeal court has decided to bump up the sentence and fine amid claims she was part of drug dealing.

 

She has been sentenced to life in prison and a one million baht fine. This has been reduced to 33 years in jail and a fine totalling 666,666.67 baht for her earlier useful testimony. 

 

She was not in court so an arrest warrant was issued for her. Naew Na said that the statute of limitation on this was 30 years.

 

Her whereabouts are unknown though comments in the media in Thailand from an activist who pressed for the light sentence to be appealed, suggest she may be in Dubai. 

 

Amy was arrested along with her boyfriend Punyawat Hirantecha who was jailed for 25 years and fined 750,000.

 

Crystal meth and ecstasy were found but the Minburi court determined that Amy was not involved in drug distribution. 

 

This has now been turned on its head after an activist uncovered alleged police corruption and alleged corruption by a lawyer.

 

Amy was crowned Miss Teen Thailand in 2006 when in her mid-teens and later embarked on an acting career.

 

Thailand's immigration police deputy Pol Maj-Gen Chuchat Thareechat said Friday following the court judgement that the IB were looking into the movements of Amy to see whether she had been in and out of Thailand or not.

 

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33 years in jail and a fine totalling 666,666.67 baht what a nuthouse this is ????

52 minutes ago, sammieuk1 said:

33 years in jail and a fine totalling 666,666.67 baht what a nuthouse this is ????

Indeed. Should've been 66.66 years in jail and a fine of 666,666.66 baht to make any contrived sense.

 

In any case, I don't think she's still in Dubai. Probably traveled on to the Netherlands, maybe dealing either gouda or tulip bulbs in Amsterdam now.

It appears her family are not wealthy enough otherwise nothing would of happened . There must be a hell of a Thai community living it up in Dubai it appears to be a very popular place for those on the wanted list I wonder if Boss is there to. 

2 hours ago, petedk said:

 

There must be a nice little Thai community in Dubai by now.

Dubai is not a good place for drug dealers. 

32 minutes ago, crazykopite said:

It appears her family are not wealthy enough otherwise nothing would of happened . There must be a hell of a Thai community living it up in Dubai it appears to be a very popular place for those on the wanted list I wonder if Boss is there to. 

Dubai is an air transport hub. Most likely she flew there to transit to another country such as the Netherlands? She probably has a Dutch passport.

21 minutes ago, Pedrogaz said:

Dubai is not a good place for drug dealers. 

It actually is... it's not like they are selling their dope there...

3 hours ago, rooster59 said:

However, on Thursday the court found her guilty of possessing drugs for sale, and amended her sentence to 33 years and four months and Bt666,666 fine.

Seems a bit excessive.

9 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Seems a bit excessive.

Excessive, but a flipping good deterrent, wouldn't you say? 

1 hour ago, Misterwhisper said:

Indeed. Should've been 66.66 years in jail and a fine of 666,666.66 baht to make any contrived sense.

 

In any case, I don't think she's still in Dubai. Probably traveled on to the Netherlands, maybe dealing either gouda or tulip bulbs in Amsterdam now.

She will be where there is no extradition treaty with Thailand, Dubai seems about right, Holland not so much.

For this the statute of limitations is 30 years how about the Red Bull Guy kills the cob and the Statute of limits already ran out does it make sense to kill somebody in the statue limitations can run out in a few years but if it’s drugs it’s 30 years for the statute of limitations to run out does it make sense TIT

"There is no record of her returning to Thailand.”

 

Who wants to come to Thailand and spend 2 weeks in quarantine?! ????

Maybe she found out where Boss is hiding...

 

(I'm ashamed... I've joined the nonsensical mob who comment with no intent but to spout BS (and get a laugh?)).

Edited August 22, 20205 yr by AgMech Cowboy
added a superfluous comment

4 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

4 hours ago, rooster59 said:

The court issued a warant for her arrest.

Pretty useless those warrants, if the person has any wealth.

Even more useless if they are not issued before the suspect leaves the country.

4 hours ago, JonnyF said:

Silly girl. Should have killed a cop in a Ferrari whilst high on cocaine.

 

You dont have to do a single day for that.

That remains to be seen.

3 hours ago, 86Tiger said:

Wow.

 

Can one suppose an envelope did not reach the proper judge?

No, but one can suppose that there were two different charges with hugely different penalties.

3 hours ago, rooster59 said:

This has now been turned on its head after an activist uncovered alleged police corruption and alleged corruption by a lawyer.

 Do tell....  The original trial judge gives her a 3 month suspended sentence in the original lower court proceedings.  In a case where she was pretty clearly, at least tangentially thru the boyfriend, involved in drug sales.

 

And then somehow, the appeals court turns that into a life sentence for drug trafficking, reduced to 33 years in prison!

 

That's got to rank as one of the largest nothing to something prison sentence turnabouts in Thai judicial history...

 

So I wonder if the unexplained/un-elaborated police and lawyer corruption had anything to do with the original 3 month suspended sentence????

Edited August 22, 20205 yr by TallGuyJohninBKK

55 minutes ago, MaiDong said:

Excessive, but a flipping good deterrent, wouldn't you say? 

yes, it has worked so well so far in the war on drugs, I mean drug dealing is now down to its lowest point in 50 years lol..

Edited August 22, 20205 yr by from the home of CC

55 minutes ago, MaiDong said:

Excessive, but a flipping good deterrent, wouldn't you say? 

No... It's a very commonly used drug.

2 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

33 years in jail and a fine totalling 666,666.67 baht what a nuthouse this is ????

What's so nutty about the reduced sentence and proportioned fine?

Obviously she should not have dealt in drugs.

 

Apart from that I think it must be difficult in Thailand, and not only Thailand, to be a star.

It seems many people have high expectations how such stars should behave. And because they are so called stars they obviously also must be rich.

But in reality I guess life for these "stars" is often far away from what it's supposed to be.

I remember I met a "celebrity" who worked in a hotel and complained that that month his bonus was 10k THB less than last month, big money problem...

 

It seems lots of young Thais want to be stars.

Personally I am happy that I am a nobody. No impossible expectations, no headache.

4 hours ago, rooster59 said:

The court issued a warant for her arrest. Her offence has a statute of limitations of 30 years.

but red bull killer only had a few years after KILLING a cop

5 hours ago, rooster59 said:

“Preliminary investigation revealed that Amelia had fled the country via Suvarnabhumi Airport on August 22, 2019 on flight EK 0385 heading to Dubai,”

This story doesn't add up or is poorly written, so she fled a year later after the first court hearing where they let her off, but in 2019 a year later she split.

 

So if I am reading this correctly both the boyfriend and her went to court a year earlier before she split from Thailand, e.g. court was on the 28th August 2018 and he was sentenced to 25 years, i.e. he had no money to pay them off so he went straight into the slammer, while she was allowed off Scott free on lesser charges, but was later charged on another charge which gave her a 33 year sentence, but she had already left the country, e.g. delaying the court appearance, thus providing her with enough time to exit the country after she paid them off.

 

It said: "However, on Thursday the court found her guilty of possessing drugs for sale, and amended her sentence to 33 years and four months and Bt666,666 fine. The court issued a warrant for her arrest. Her offence has a statute of limitations of 30 years".

 

What year was this Thursday, I mean she left a year ago or two years after the first court hearing, typically Thai corruption, you can't make this stuff up, to bad for the boyfriend though.

Edited August 22, 20205 yr by 4MyEgo

In Canada they're realizing the war on drugs has been lost and jailing people who are caught with small amounts is pointless and not cost efficient. The majority of the police chiefs of the major cities are all in favor of complete decriminalization and imo this will become reality. The trouble is drug distribution is a major business with many interactions with major legal enterprises (think cash sources with no taxation or accountability attached to them, a businesses wet dream) and there are many countries not ready to give up this cash cow. I surmise the countries that are the most adamant against drugs are also the ones whose legitimate business folks are discretely making the most of the prohibition. Hypocrisy at its greasiest..

Mark of the Beast fine... Guessing she won't be coming back to Thailand any time soon then