Cop who killed doctor on Bangkok zebra crossing jailed for a year - no suspended sentence

[LNKDES1]

6 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

Five years would have been more realistic.   Sentences as lenient as this do nothing to improve the situation on Thailands appaling roads full of appalling Drivers and Riders !

And those that do runners, due to large fines & jail time, should have their sentenses doubled when caught. Examples need to be made. If this officer is allowed to return to his job in the RTP, clearly an example is NOT being made.

[billd766]

5 hours ago, Will B Good said:

100% agree....but don't expect too many on here to support that point of view.

I for one certainly support that point of view.

Edited April 25, 2022 by billd766
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[DUNROAMIN]

Just imagine the sentence if it was a farang. 10 years at least.

[newnative]

3 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:

Having a zebra crossing in an 80km zone is insane.

And, why is it 80kph in a hospital zone?

[billd766]

4 hours ago, Photoguy21 said:

At 21 he must just be out of medical school and even that sounds very suspect as a medical degree usually takes anything from 5 to 7 years. So was he at most 16 when he went to medical school?

Who on earth are you talking about?

[billd766]

51 minutes ago, Elkski said:

The fine and sentence are a joke.  Didn't say he can never be a police officer again. Seems like 3-5 years would be more appropriate. 

More like 10 to 20 years with NO remission.

 

[billd766]

40 minutes ago, Ramdas said:

This kid literally got away with a murder, apart from riding someone else motorcycle, probably without insurance and whatever else  ????????‍♂️ Now, just imagine if a foreigner, farang, westerner however the name us all was involved in this motorcycle accidents, surely they would’ve thrown the jail keys away unless you’d pay millions of baths ????????‍♂️ 
This is just so wrong ! I feel truly sad for the doctor who  at least crossed the pedestrian lines ( probably without looking as the often do ! ) Who left her young life on the worn out tarmac ????

It cannot be murder because that would mean the he deliberately set out to kill her. Manslaughter at the minimum. For leaving the scene of an accident and all the other illegal bits he should have got at least 1 year for each to run consecutively with no remission or get out of jail free card.

[4MyEgo]

29 minutes ago, newnative said:

And, why is it 80kph in a hospital zone?

The police lance corporal who drove a big bike into an ophthalmologist on a Phayathai zebra crossing in January, killing her, has been ordered jailed.

 

Norawich Buadok, 21, was riding a Ducati Monster at a speed of 108-128 kmph in an 80 kmph zone. 

 

Waralak Suphawatjariyakul - better known as Dr Kratai who worked at Ratchathewee Hospital - was killed.

[thailand49]

Just a slap in the face of the parents and the Dr,  another shameful black eye to this country and their so call justice system and those who oversee it.  

This is what a life is worth if you aren't connected what many miss is " Custodial " <deleted> sound like home detention and 4000 baht this court got the balls to publish the decision.  

The mothet asked for "fair" from the RTP ????

[nursebob]

Bloody unbelievable, in UK that would have got him a minimum of ten years inside. Death by dangerous driving. Is this a case of who you know. I hope he paid the family a lot of money.

[Aussiepeter]

We left LOS in 2013 because after building a home in C. Mai in 2008,  by 2013  I'd had enough of the systemic & endemic corruption at every level of Thai society, plus I'd got throat cancer from breathing the supposedly "fresh air" and we had a 3 y.o. daughter that I would not let breath that ***t. I'm near fluent in Thai (reading & writing) but my wife has only recently learnt written English down here in Oz, as it is free, for (ha ha) foreigners. She and he ex-Thai friends in the English class, all aged over 50, agree on only one thing - that they all will never return to LOS, other than for a holiday. Tonight I asked her why she "won't go back there ever " -  her answer, after watching  the ABC news was " I never realised just how dangerous it was to live there ! " - they had just reported the daily death toll in LOS from motor vehicle accidents. The 'Na Ayuttaya nine dead but no penalty' incident sprang immediately to my mind. She was horrified. She is Australian now. I'm proud that I got her and our daughter out. Thailand kills in one day on its' roads, what Australia kills in months .... no kidding ... 

[IanDelMar]

11 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Don't forget that he and the RTP are still being sued by the family for B70m.

Hope they've got a good lawyer.

[bendejo]

No papers for the bike?  Flashing the badge, that's all the papers he needs right there. 

Insurance?  Had a pal of Chinese descent in the US (what he'd call an ABC) who told me his old-country parents didn't believe in insurance because you invest in harming yourself: in other words, investing is about getting more money in return, and by purchasing insurance the only way to get the payoff is your own misfortune, and who wants to hope for that?  He told me this is a common way of seeing it by Chinese people.  I would guess it would carry over into the rest of East Asian cultures.

 

I wonder what kind of inmate justice he'll experience in lockup.

 

 

[Laughing Gravy]

16 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Don't forget that he and the RTP are still being sued by the family for B70m

So that's alright then, as this is what you are implying. Come on we know you are an apologist but this you have to own it? The doctor wont be able to spend any of that 70 million if the family gets it. So what is your justification with this bizarre statement?

Edited April 25, 2022 by Laughing Gravy

[jacko45k]

19 hours ago, nikmar said:

he killed someone illegally and gets a year. Yet some who have just expressed a different opinion to that of the establishment are facing 15 years. Truly bizarre!

 

did anyone look into how a 21 yr old can afford to run a big bike on police wages?

Wasn't it an impounded vehicle he simply took for a spin?

[lopburi3]

As of last night:

 

 

@ThaiEnquirer

 

Update: The police officer who was sentenced to one year and 15 days in jail by the Criminal Court for killing Mor Kratai with his bike received bail with a surety of 200,000 baht.

[crazykopite]

Life in Thailand is meaningless this guy should of been given at least 5 years and kicked out of the police and can a low paid police officer own a very expensive motor bike !

[mtls2005]

Every once in a while there are curious applications of the law which don't appear to follow standard practice.

 

I assumed - perhaps this is my error - that the Doctor's family has higher status than the policeman. And that this would insure being charged with additional crimes, getting a longer sentence and being bounced from the rtp.

 

But either he comes from a higher lineage, or he gets a status bump for being with the brown gang? 

 

Did he plead guilty? Did he do the "re-enactment"? Did he lose his driving license?

 

IMO, the State needs to inform the public on the details of the legal process.

 

Challenging to expect everyone to obey the law when there seems to be different laws for different people.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 26, 2022 by mtls2005

[herfiehandbag]

21 hours ago, nikmar said:

did anyone look into how a 21 yr old can afford to run a big bike on police wages?

I understand it had been impounded at the Police Station for some reason. He was allowed to take it for a spin!

[herfiehandbag]

21 hours ago, RafPinto said:

A crowd control officer.

What's that?

Riot Squad.

 

The " establishment" really want to keep them inside at the moment.

 

One year sentence - which will no doubt be served under special arrangements and a paltry fine.

[Chongalulu]

21 hours ago, CharlieH said:

Just by way of comparison, vehicular manslaughter carries a 14 yr - LIFE sentence in the UK.

Now that or near that, would have been more appropriate and send the right message to others. (IMHO)

Very recently a UK guy on drugs who killed 2 kids by running into their car on the hard shoulder of the motorway received 9.5 years.. and that was after the 30% ‘discount' applied for early guilty plea.

[spidermike007]

So, does this mean a life here is worth 4,000 baht? And a one year sentence? Would a normal civilian, who was not a cop have gotten off this easy? 

[RJRS1301]

21 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

The "he'll never do a day's jail time" crowd must be seething!

Can he appeal severity and get bail while awaiting  outcome of appeal?

 

[mtls2005]

5 minutes ago, RJRS1301 said:

Can he appeal severity and get bail while awaiting  outcome of appeal?

 

Seen some reports that he has chosen not to appeal, makes sense as I think the assumption is that he plead guilty to the reduced charge(s).

 

But still unclear why he wasn't remanded immediately? I assume "the worst". And that he'll serve his sentence under house arrest, with an ankle monitor.

 

Then it's back to the rtp.

 

 

 

 

[mtls2005]

14 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Probably some litigating circumstance

 

Mitigating? Sure. Just share these with the public. Blaming the victim, deceased no less, is always a winning go to strategy.

 

Any "litigating" circumstances might favor the Doctor's family in their civil suit?

 

 

 

 

[2009]

21 hours ago, CharlieH said:

Just by way of comparison, vehicular manslaughter carries a 14 yr - LIFE sentence in the UK.

Now that or near that, would have been more appropriate and send the right message to others. (IMHO)

Wow,that seems a bit stiff for a car accident which unfortunately resulted in death.

 

In comparison, if you stab someone, you'll get just a few years for attempted murder. Strange.

[Road Warrior]

sad to see a silly sentence 1 yr !!!!   manslaughter should be 7 yrs which would be in eastern countries !!!

[Confuscious]

UPDATE: Policeman who killed eye doctor at Bangkok zebra crossing out on bail

https://thethaiger.com/news/national/officer-who-killed-eye-doctor-at-bangkok-zebra-crossing-out-on-bail?utm_source=Thaiger+Daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2022-04-26

[RJRS1301]

30 minutes ago, Confuscious said:

UPDATE: Policeman who killed eye doctor at Bangkok zebra crossing out on bail

https://thethaiger.com/news/national/officer-who-killed-eye-doctor-at-bangkok-zebra-crossing-out-on-bail?utm_source=Thaiger+Daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2022-04-26

Anyone surprised?

 

[billd766]

37 minutes ago, RJRS1301 said:

Anyone surprised?

 

Not really.